A case of axillary Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma resembles a soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 596-598

  Hsiao, Chih Cheng ^a   Chen, Chien Chang ^a   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Huang, Chao Cheng ^a   Chuang, Jiin Haur ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EROSION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; LABORATORY TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCAPULA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATELET COUNT; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 28144457889     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000184310.60701.c6     Document Type: Article

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