Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome, Rare Etiology of Intestinal Hamartomatouspolyposis: A case report

Authors

  • Zannatul Ferdous Sonia Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Rukunuzzaman Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • ASM Bazlul Karim Chairman, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Afsana Yasmin Resident (Phase B), Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Shashi Bhushan Thakur Resident (Phase B), Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjch.v43i1.41220

Keywords:

Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba, per rectal bleeding, polyposis

Abstract

Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS) is a rare autosomal dominant congenital disorder, characterized bymacrocephaly, lipomas, hamartomas, and pigmented macule in genitalia.Several dozen cases have been reported in the medical literature, but no case has been reported in Bangladesh. We report a case of BRRS in a 11-year-old male child with recurrent per rectal bleeding with hamartomatouscolonic polyposis & multiple subcutaneous lipomas on the anterior abdominal wall.In addition, patient had macrocephaly, intellectual impairment.Bleeding polyps were removed by colonoscopic polypectomy.

Bangladesh J Child Health 2019; VOL 43 (1) :62-65

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Published

2019-04-28

How to Cite

Sonia, Z. F., Rukunuzzaman, M., Karim, A. B., Yasmin, A., & Thakur, S. B. (2019). Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome, Rare Etiology of Intestinal Hamartomatouspolyposis: A case report. Bangladesh Journal of Child Health, 43(1), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjch.v43i1.41220

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Case Reports