EC Paediatrics

Case Report Volume 12 Issue 3 - 2023

Thrombocytopenia and Giant Hemangioma: Know How to Evoke and Treat the Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. A Case Report and Literature Review

Mohammed Mokhtar Bekkar1,2,3*, Amina Tari1,2 and Sakina Niar1,2

1Faculty of Medicine University Oran 1 “Ahmed Ben Bella”, Algeria
2Marfan Pediatric Department, Oran University Hospital Center, Algeria
3GRAS Research Laboratory, IEC Health Team, Algeria

*Corresponding Author: Mohammed Mokhtar Bekkar, Marfan Pediatric Department, Oran University Hospital Center and Faculty of Medicine University Oran 1 “Ahmed Ben Bella” and GRAS research laboratory, IEC Health Team, Algeria.
Received: February 16, 2023; Published: February 27, 2023




Introduction: Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a rare form of vascular tumor that are often misdiagnosed, which is complicated by intra-tumor coagulopathy and requiring urgent management.

Objective: This review highlights the clinical presentation, histopathology, management, and treatment of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. A clinical case compiled in the pediatric department of the university Hospital Center of Oran Algeria, is described to illustrate the presentation and our management of a patient with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

Observation: A female infant was admitted, on the thirtieth day of life, for a purplish red swelling of the left hemiface. He had hemolytic anemia, profound thrombocytopenia and consumptive coagulopathy. It was successfully managed with a combination of high dose of oral corticosteroids and vincristine.

Conclusion: Vincristine and oral corticosteroids were useful for our patient and may be considered an option for first-line therapy of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. The absence of a codified therapeutic protocol makes the management of this tumor a real challenge.

Keywords: Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome; Thrombocytopenia; Hemangiomas; Coagulopathy; Vascular Tumor; Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma

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Mohammed Mokhtar Bekkar., et al. Thrombocytopenia and Giant Hemangioma: Know How to Evoke and Treat the Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. A Case Report and Literature Review. EC Paediatrics 12.3 (2023):66-75.

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