title: [Kasabach-Merritt syndrome].
abstract: The Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a rare, congenital disease, characterized by giant haemangiomatosis and disseminated intravasal coagulation. It is reported on an at present 34-year-old patient with such a disease and the long-term course is described. Complications with haemorrhages can be prevented by means of anticoagulants.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Das Kasabach-Merritt-Syndrom.