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Abstract
Rapidly growing vascular lesion along the midline axis of the neck, upper trunk, and extremities that is characterized by CONSUMPTION COAGULOPATHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; and HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA. It is often associated with infantile Kaposiform HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA and other vascular tumors such as tufted ANGIOMA.
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- Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
- Hemangioma-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
- Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon
- Thrombocytopenia-Hemangioma Syndrome
- Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndromes
- Kasabach Merritt Phenomenon
- Kasabach Merritt Syndrome
- Phenomenon, Kasabach-Merritt
- Syndrome, Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia
- Syndrome, Kasabach-Merritt
- Syndrome, Thrombocytopenia-Hemangioma
- Syndromes, Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia
- Syndromes, Thrombocytopenia-Hemangioma
- Thrombocytopenia Hemangioma Syndrome
- Thrombocytopenia-Hemangioma Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2012
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- Hemangioendothelioma (1979-2011)
- Hemangioma (1964-2011)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059885
- Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasabach%E2%80%93Merritt_syndrome
- Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764185