Treatment of Cutaneous Lesions in a Case of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome

Abstract

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS), sometimes called Bean syndrome, is a rare sporadic congenital vascular disorder characterized by multiple venous malformations in various organ systems, most commonly the skin and gastrointestinal tract. The presence of characteristic skin lesions is often the first suggestion of this diagnosis, though chronic anemia and intestinal bleeding are also commonly present. We report a case of a patient with painful lesions on the plantar surfaces of the feet and a new cutaneous growth on the left labia majora. The plantar lesions were treated with Nd:YAG laser and the lesion on the labia majora was removed with a shave biopsy.