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Kasabach-merritt syndrome arising from tufted angioma successfully treated with systemic corticosteroid

Authors
 Taegyun Kim  ;  Mi Ryung Roh  ;  Soohyun Cho  ;  Kee Yang Chung 
Citation
 ANNALS OF DERMATOLOGY, Vol.22(4) : 426-430, 2010 
Journal Title
ANNALS OF DERMATOLOGY
ISSN
 1013-9087 
Issue Date
2010
Keywords
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ; Systemic corticosteroid ; Tufted angioma
Abstract
We report a case of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome arising from a tufted angioma successfully treated with systemic corticosteroid. A 2-month-old male infant presented with a palm-sized, erythematous induration on his left pubis. The lesion was diagnosed as tufted angioma histopathologically. After 1 month, the lesion suddenly expanded to the abdomen and scrotum. Initial laboratory tests were consistent with consumptive coagulopathy. He was diagnosed with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome and treated with intravenous dexamethasone at 0.32 mg/kg/day (equivalent to prednisolone 2.0 mg/kg/day). Two days after initiating the treatment, his platelet counts recovered and the lesion ceased to expand. Steroid therapy was converted to oral prednisolone and the dosage was subsequently tapered, and the lesion gradually involuted with no signs of recurrence for a year.
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DOI
10.5021/ad.2010.22.4.426
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Dermatology (피부과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Roh, Mi Ryung(노미령) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6285-2490
Chung, Kee Yang(정기양) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3257-0297
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/103259
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