Transarterial embolization of a scalp hemangioma presenting with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-457

  Wolfe, Stacey Quintero ^a   Farhat, Hamad ^a   Elhammady, Mohamed Samy ^a   Moftakhar, Roham ^a   Aziz Sultan, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumptive coagulopathy; Ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; Hemangioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Onyx

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; FIBRINOGEN; ONYX COPOLYMER; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 70449673058     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS08363     Document Type: Article

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