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blue rubber bleb nevus
Painful/tender, compressible blue swelling in variant of capillary venous lymphatic malformation (cavernous hemangioma).
Clinical manifestations:
1) Tender, compressible blue swelling
2) size: a few mm to several cm
3) may exhibit localized hyperhidrosis
4) often occurs multiply on trunk & upper arms
5) similar lesions may occur in the GI tract
* images [2]
Complications:
- hemorrhage from GI lesions
Related
Maffucci's syndrome
General
cavernous hemangioma (cavernoma, capillary venous lymphatic malformation, CVL, nevus cavernosus, vascular erectile tumor)
Database Correlations
OMIM 112200
References
- Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common
& Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY,
1997, pg 154-55
- DermNet NZ. Venous malformation (images)
http://www.dermnetnz.org/vascular/venous-malformation.html