Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon: Successful treatment with embolization and vincristine in two newborns

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-422

  Garcia Monaco, Ricardo ^a   Giachetti, Ana ^a   Peralta, Oscar ^a   Napoli, Noelia ^a   Lobos, Pablo ^a   Gioseffi, Laura ^a   Mariani, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MICROSPHERE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BIOPSY; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KASABACH-MERRITT SYNDROME; PLATELET COUNT; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84857564760     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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