A case of hepatic hemangiosarcoma associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome and intraperitoneal bleeding.

[A case report of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome].

Kasabach Merritt syndrome (KMS) is an uncommon complication of large haemangioma in which there is thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy. We report a case of a new born male baby presented with a large haemangioma on the right upper extremity and his initial laboratory tests were consistent with consumptive coagulopathy. He was diagnosed as a case of KMS and treated with oral prednisolone. 1. Assoc...

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: a case report.

Kasabach-Meritt syndrome is a combination of thromobocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and acute or chronic consumptive coagulopathy in association with rapidly enlarging hemangioma. A male infant of 5 days was admitted in paediatric ward with this syndrome. The baby had ecchymotic patches over face and extremities and bleeding through umbilical stump. The child expired due to severe thrombocytopeni...

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

Hemangiomas of infancy are usually congenital lesions. Occasionally they are associated with microangiopatbic bemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and a consumptive coagulopathy. This is most often associated with cavernous hemangiomas. Thrombocytopenia associated with giant cavernous hemangiomas was first noted by Kasabach and Merritt in 1940. As the primary mechanism of platelet destruction i...

Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction due to a giant hepatic hemangioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

We describe a patient with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction due to a giant hepatic hemangioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. A 67-year-old woman presented with upper abdominal distension and appetite loss. The medical history was not relevant to the current disorder. Initial laboratory tests revealed the following: serum platelet count, 9.9 × 10⁴/µL; serum fibrinogen degradati...

Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma in a Newborn with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome