Metastatic angiosarcoma of the scalp causing Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-295

  Salameh, Fares ^a   Henig, Israel ^a   Bar Shalom, Rachel ^a   Maza, Itay ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Metastasis; Scalp

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; NECK METASTASIS; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 34249004077     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318053e1e5     Document Type: Article

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