Cutaneous angiosarcoma associated with the Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

Dear Editor, Angiosarcoma is a rare tumour commonly affecting elderly men, usually occurring on the head and neck region.1 The tumour usually presents as ecchymosis-like plaques, and less commonly with haemorrhage, oedema, ulceration and recurrent facial angioedema. Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) may occur in association with a vascular tumour and is characterised by consumption of platelets and coagulation factors within the tumour.2 This syndrome has been described mostly in children; only a few cases have been associated with angiosarcoma in adults. We report a case of cutaneous angiosaroma of the scalp in an elderly man associated with KMS.