title: Successful treatment with interferon alfa in infiltrating angiolipoma: a case presenting with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akyüz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Büyükpamukçu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Büyükpamukçu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cağlar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Calişkan
mesh_terms: D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins