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Successful Surgical Excision of a Complex Vascular Lesion in an Infant with Kasabach–Merritt Syndrome
Author(s) -
George Manju,
Singhal Virender,
Sharma Vidya,
Nopper Amy Jo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.t01-1-00097.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kasabach–merritt syndrome , lesion , consumptive coagulopathy , surgical excision , surgery , coagulopathy , forearm
Kasabach–Merritt syndrome, the association of a vascular lesion and consumptive coagulopathy, can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians. We describe an infant with a large complex vascular lesion of the left forearm that was successfully surgically excised. We propose surgical excision as an appropriate therapeutic option for some cases of Kasabach–Merritt syndrome.