Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome in a Child with Upper Airway Compromise and Spontaneous Periorbital Bruising

Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma in a Newborn with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome

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...

Haemangioma with thrombocytopenia (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome).

We describe two patients with haemangioma with thrombocytopenia (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome). Both were treated with corticosteroids without notable improvement. The first patient responded satisfactorily to radiotherapy, whereas the second showed a slow spontaneous resolution.

[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...