title: Angiosarcoma of the breast associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
abstract: We report a 55-year-old white woman with an angiosarcoma of the left breast, anemia and thromobocytopenia due to a consumptive coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome).
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Science, Faculty of Medicine, Triângulo Mineiro, Av. Getúlio Guaritá, s/n0 Bairro Abadia, 38025-440, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: S H Y
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: A L K
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Amorim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scandiuzzi
authors.forename: E F C
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Murta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography