Blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome: report of a familial case with a dural arteriovenous fistula

• Author(s): Carvalho, S ; Barbosa, V ; Santos, N ; Machado, E
• Date: 2003
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/176
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Nevo Azul; Síndromes Neoplásicos Hereditários; Angiografia Cerebral; Ressonância Magnética
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): RIHUC

Description

We report a case of a 45-year-old woman known to have a familial form of blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS). The patient developed severe occipital headaches and bilateral retroauricular bruits. Cerebral angiography showed a large dural arteriovenous fistula in the torcular region. Central nervous system involvement in BRBNS is not often reported, and most cases of BRBNS are sporadic.