Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome historical perspective
History
It was first described by Gascoyen in 1860.[1] In 1958 William Bennett Bean described the lesions further and came up with the term BRBNS, chosen because the 'cutaneous hemangiomas have the look and feel of rubber nipples'.[2]
- ↑ Gascoyen GG. Case of naevus involving the parotid gland and causing death from suffocation: naevi of the viscera. Trans Pathol Soc London 1860;11:267.
- ↑ Bean WB. Bleeding from the butt in rare disorders with diagnostic lesions of the skin and mucous membranes. In: Bean WB, editor. Rare diseased and lesions: their contributions to clinical medicine. Springfield (IL): Charles C. Thomas; 1967. p. 3-29.