Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors

A case series of four patients who presented with large surface vascular tumors and low platelet count and their management is reported. Medical management was done with steroids, propranolol and vincristine in different combinations. The final response was excellent without surgery.

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Autores principales: Arunachalam, Pavai, Kumar, V. R. Ravi, Swathi, Divya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279364
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.91086
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spelling pubmed-32630382012-01-25 Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors Arunachalam, Pavai Kumar, V. R. Ravi Swathi, Divya J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report A case series of four patients who presented with large surface vascular tumors and low platelet count and their management is reported. Medical management was done with steroids, propranolol and vincristine in different combinations. The final response was excellent without surgery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3263038/ /pubmed/22279364 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.91086 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Arunachalam, Pavai
Kumar, V. R. Ravi
Swathi, Divya
Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title_full Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title_fullStr Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title_full_unstemmed Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title_short Kasabach–Merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
title_sort kasabach–merritt syndrome with large cutaneous vascular tumors
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279364
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.91086
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