Successful treatment with interferon alfa in infiltrating angiolipoma: a case presenting with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
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.
Akyüz
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Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
Emir
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S
Büyükpamukçu
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M
Büyükpamukçu
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N
Cağlar
M
M
Kale
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G
Calişkan
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U
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
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins