[A case report of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome].

A new successful combination therapy with atenolol and prednisolone for Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

Kasabach-merritt syndrome is a rare life-threatening syndrome associated with vascular tumors such as tufted angioma and kaposiform hemangioendothelioma. For this syndrome, there exist a few treatment modalities with variable results. For many years, corticosteroids have been employed in the first-line therapy. Nowadays, on the other hand, β blockers such as propranolol have been used owing to ...

Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma in a Newborn with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome

Pulmonary manifestation of a condition resembling Kasabach–Merritt syndrome in a woman with abdominal angiomatosis associated with consumptive coagulopathy – surgical management: a case report

INTRODUCTION Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a benign condition characterized by hemangiomatosis, severely disseminated intravascular consumption coagulopathy, and thrombocytopenia. The mortality rate increases from 12% to 30% in hemorrhagic cases. In general, the symptoms primarily manifest in the gastrointestinal tract, the skin, and the subcutaneous tissue. There is no publication about pulmona...

Propranolol in the preoperative treatment of Kasabach–Merritt syndrome: a case report

BACKGROUND Kasabach-Merritt syndrome represents the association of hemangioma with thrombocytopenia and consumptive coagulopathy. We present a case of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome treatment with orally administered propranolol. CASE PRESENTATION A 4.5-month-old caucasian female infant with congenital giant hemangioma in the posterior region of her neck presented to our Institute for Childhood Di...

Kasabach–Merritt phenomenon and prenatal counseling: a case series

Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon can be encountered in the perinatal period. No consensus exists regarding prenatal management. We report one prenatal case leading to therapeutic abortion and one neonatal case, successfully treated by a multimodal therapy. Prenatal counseling should include the possibility of neonatal multimodal treatment that can lead to favorable outcomes.

Successful treatment with interferon alfa in infiltrating angiolipoma: a case presenting with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

We report a case of infiltrating angiolipoma who presented with a large mass on the shoulder and the signs of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. She improved dramatically within one month and the mass completely disappeared after six months of interferon treatment.