A deep-tissue hemangioma presenting as a rapidly progressive expanding mass and thrombocytopenia in an infant

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 422-424

  Ward, David G ^a,b   Wang, Winfred ^a   Fesmire, William ^b   Salhab, Walid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hemangioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EMERGENCIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030475213     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199612000-00009     Document Type: Article

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