title: [Diagnostic image (322). A neonate with a swelling on one leg. Kasabach Merritt syndrome].
abstract: A male neonate was born with a large blue-purple swelling at the upper left leg. This was accompanied by a severe thrombocytopenia, a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and a consumption coagulopathy: Kasabach Merritt syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Alkmaar.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schoot
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Buter
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone