• SAGE Open Med Case Rep · Jan 2016

    Case Reports

    Surgical treatment of a huge kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in the chest wall: A case study.

    • Xiaonan Guo, Yubin Gong, and Changxian Dong.
    • Department of Hemangioma & Vascular Malformation, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.
    • SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2016 Jan 1; 4: 2050313X16684742.

    AbstractKaposiform hemangioendothelioma, a rare vascular pediatric tumor often associated with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon, is characterized by severe thrombocytopenia and consumptive coagulopathy. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a severe disease and may progress quickly, resulting in a high mortality. However, standard treatment regimens for Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon have not yet been established. We reported here an infant with a large congenital kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in his chest wall who responded extremely well to surgical excision.

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