f Director General. Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea

An infrequent cause of iron-deficiency anemia: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome Una causa infrecuente de anemia ferropénica: blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome Iron-deficiency anemia can be caused by occult bleeding of the digestive tract secondary to diverse lesions of different prevalence and severity.1 Among them are those of vascular origin, such as blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS), also known as Bean syndrome, initially described by Gas-coyen in 1860. In 1958 Bean associated the lesions of the skin with those of the gastrointestinal tract, and since then the syndrome bears his name.2 A 45-year-old woman was referred to our hospital center to study her iron-deficiency anemia. Her personal and famil