Giant cavernous haemangioma with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: A case report and review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 243-246

  Frevel, Tanja ^a   Rabe, Heike ^a   Ückert, Frank ^a   Harms, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumptive coagulopathy; Haemangioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036250122     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-0953-5     Document Type: Article

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