Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF KASABACH‐MERRITT SYNDROME
Author(s) -
TANAKA Ryozo,
OHNISHI Yoshihisa,
FUJIMAKI Shigeo
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1970.tb03077.x
Subject(s) - kasabach–merritt syndrome , autopsy , pathology , medicine , hemangioma
An autopsy case of Kasabach‐Merritt syndrome in an infant has been reported. Clinically, multiple congenital subcutaneous hemangiomata, severe thrombocytopenia, considerable anemia and abnormal blood cells in the peripheral blood were observed. Postmortem examination revealed remarkable extramedullary hematopoiesis in various organs, hyperplasia of bone marrow and alveolar and glomerular dysplasia. Discussing these findings, we have reached an assumption that Kasabach‐Merritt syndrome may be a state of developmental anomaly of angiomesenchyma. ACTA PATH. JAP. 20: 365–378, 1970.