• J. Pediatr. Surg. · Aug 2006

    Case Reports

    Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma of the mediastinum in a 7-month-old boy: a case report.

    • Daiji Iwami, Satoru Shimaoka, Izumi Mochizuki, and Tsutomu Sakuma.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, 020-0066 Iwate, Japan. ikyoku@hospital.hachinohe.aomori.jp
    • J. Pediatr. Surg. 2006 Aug 1;41(8):1486-8.

    AbstractKaposiform hemangioendothelioma is an aggressive vascular proliferation that has been recognized as a separate entity from other childhood vascular tumors. The authors present an unusual case of hemangioendothelioma arising in the mediastinum of a 7-month-old male infant with acute respiratory distress and Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. This patient with life-threatening lesion showed a dramatic response to interferon alfa-2a. This case had many histologic and clinical features consistent with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma.

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