Letter to the editor: “Spindle cell (kaposiform) hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome in an infant: Successful treatment with α-2A interferon (Deb et al., Med. Pediatr. Oncol. 28:358–361)”

Spindle cell (Kaposiform) hemangioendoth

Spindle cell (Kaposiform) hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome in an infant: Successful treatment with α-2A interferon

✍ Deb, Giovanni; Jenkner, Alessandro; De Sio, Luigi; Boldrini, Renata; Bosman, Ces 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 424 KB 👁 1 views

A two-month-old infant developed a vascular tumor of the right flank which, upon biopsy, proved to be a spindle cell hemangioendothelioma. The increased capillary bed characterizing the neoplasm caused a severe thrombocytopenia together with a consumption coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome). Th