Successful surgical excision of a complex vascular lesion in an infant with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, the association of a vascular lesion and consumptive coagulopathy, can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians. We describe an infant with a large complex vascular lesion of the left forearm that was successfully surgically excised. We propose surgical excision as an appropriate therapeutic option for some cases of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
George
Manju
M
Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA.
Singhal
Virender
V
Sharma
Vidya
V
Nopper
Amy Jo
AJ
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods