title: Metastatic angiosarcoma of the scalp causing Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of thrombocytopenia caused by Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) in a 69-year-old man with a metastatic angiosarcoma of the scalp. A review of the literature revealed that only 4 cases of KMS associated with angiosarcoma have been previously reported. All these cases occurred with a solitary large lesion. This is the first case of thrombocytopenia caused by KMS associated with small metastatic lesions of angiosarcoma that developed after the primary lesion has been completely removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine B, Rambam Medical Center, and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. faressalameh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fares
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salameh
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Henig
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bar-Shalom
authors.forename: Itay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*