Kasabach-Merritt syndrome associated with angiosarcoma of the scalp successfully treated with chemoradiotherapy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-194

  Imafuku, Shinichi ^a,b   Hosokawa, Chisato ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAPAROID; DOCETAXEL; FIBRINOGEN; GABEXATE MESILATE; HEPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; X IRRADIATION;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41949131628     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0378     Document Type: Letter

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