All issues > Volume 25(3); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(3):310-316. Published online March 31, 1982.

A Case of Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome.

Young Yoon choi¹, young Hwa park¹, Hyung Suk byun¹, Chull sohn¹, Ae Sook kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School，Kwangju’ Korea
²Hansuh Hospital

Abstract

Hemangioma associated with thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare occurrence. The first case was described in 1940 by Kasabach and Merritt, who used X-ray therapy as radium implants in the treatment of hemangioma on the affected infant. The tumor regressed and the platelet count rose to normal. Mechanical sequestration of platelets in the vascular channels of the hemangioma is believed to be the mechanism of thrombocytopenia which
results
in bleeding. A case of giant hemangioma complicated by thrombocytopenia and bleeding in a newborn male patient was reported with review of literatures.

Keywords :Hemangioma, Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Intravascular Coagulopathy, Corticosteroid.