Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 4
Letter
An unusual cause of anemia: Bean syndrome

243-244

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2021.8522/2021

Ivone Melo Valadão, Maria Guadalupe Benites,

Abstract
Bean syndrome or blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease characterized by venous malformations (VM) of the skin, soft tissues and visceral organs, most frequently affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. BRBNS is mainly sporadic but can be inherited in an autosomal pattern. The most common symptoms are GI bleeding and secondary iron deficiency anemia. Treatment is largely symptomatic.
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Publication history

Received: 14/12/2021

Accepted: 15/12/2021

Online First: 07/01/2022

Published: 07/04/2022

Article Online First time: 24 days

Article editing time: 114 days


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