Metastatic Angiosarcoma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome

Angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare tumors that are often difficult to diagnose. Exceptionally unusual is the presentation of these tumors with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome, a curious form of intratumoral coagulation that can be impossible to distinguish from intravascular coagulation, which is more com...

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Autores principales: Massarweh, Suleiman, Munis, Aun, Karabakhtsian, Rouzan, Romond, Edward, Moss, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25002952
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5366
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author Massarweh, Suleiman
Munis, Aun
Karabakhtsian, Rouzan
Romond, Edward
Moss, Jessica
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description Angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare tumors that are often difficult to diagnose. Exceptionally unusual is the presentation of these tumors with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome, a curious form of intratumoral coagulation that can be impossible to distinguish from intravascular coagulation, which is more common. Instant recognition of this clinical association can help making a prompt diagnosis and timely initiation of therapy.
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spelling pubmed-40836722014-07-07 Metastatic Angiosarcoma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome Massarweh, Suleiman Munis, Aun Karabakhtsian, Rouzan Romond, Edward Moss, Jessica Rare Tumors Case Report Angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare tumors that are often difficult to diagnose. Exceptionally unusual is the presentation of these tumors with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome, a curious form of intratumoral coagulation that can be impossible to distinguish from intravascular coagulation, which is more common. Instant recognition of this clinical association can help making a prompt diagnosis and timely initiation of therapy. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4083672/ /pubmed/25002952 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5366 Text en ©Copyright S. Massarweh, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Metastatic Angiosarcoma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
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title_short Metastatic Angiosarcoma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
title_sort metastatic angiosarcoma and kasabach-merritt syndrome
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