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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(5):577-582. Published online May 31, 1987.

A Case of Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome.

Byong Lae Kim¹, Jeong Seo Koh¹, Woan Chul Suh¹, Jae Kon Ko¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Daejeon Eul Ji General Hospital

Abstract

Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome is association of thrombocytopenia with giant hemangioma. A 20 days, male patient had thrombocytopenia, the hemangioma involved the skin of the right distal femur. This patient was placed on combined therapy with radiation and steroid. Following the conservative therapy, the hemangioma regressed and the platelet returned to normal range. We presented the case with brief review of the literatures.

Keywords :Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.