MRI and CT of a haemangioma of the mandible in Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
Since the description in 1940 of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) in patients with capillary haemangiomas, several other vascular tumours have been recognised as possible causes of this coagulopathy. The literature suggests a specific histological pattern of vascular tumours responsible for KMS, excluding capillary haemangioma [1]. There is an extensive literature on, haemangiomas accompanied by thrombocytopenia, and imaging of thrombosis in the lesion, especially cavernous haemangioma of the liver. However, no report has described a haemangioma of the mandible in the acute stage of the coagulopathy, or serial examinations of such a lesion. We report the features of a mandible lesion with KMS and discusses the interpretations of the changes observed.
Panow
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MRI Department, Kinderspital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Berger
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Willi
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Valavanis
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Martin
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed