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Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome With Partial Resection of Tumor, Reduction of Tumor Blood, and Vincristine Chemotherapy

Abstract

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a life-threatening and localized consumptive coagulopathy and characterized by profound thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic anemia. The huge tumor is the major cause of rapid platelet destruction, so we supposed that the reduction of tumor could reduce the platelet destruction and improve the clinical condition. In our cases, the vascular tumor occupied one of the extremities, head or face; however, removal of the …

Authors

Shen W; Cui J; Chen J; Zou J; Ji Y; Chen H

Journal

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 215–216

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

1 2010

DOI

10.1097/scs.0b013e3181c51138

ISSN

1049-2275