George Gaskoin in 1818, first reported by Gascoyen in 1860 and 100 years later William Bennett Bean described it in detail and coined the term: a description of the bluish colour of the cutaneous lesions and the rubbery consistency at palpation, also called Bean's syndrome (1). Up to now, around 350 cases of BRBNS with a diverse clinical presentation have been reported world-wide according to
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