Case report: Kaposi hemangioendothelioma of the right upper limb with the Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon: A potentially lethal diagnostic challenge

• Main Authors: Levin Belani (Author), Jamari Sapuan (Author), Shalimar Abdullah (Author), Erica Yee Hing (Author), C-Khai Loh (Author), Hamidah Alias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kaposi hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare vascular neoplasm that presents usually within the first year of life. Because of its rarity and complexity, there is often a delay in diagnosis. KHE could be associated with a life-threatening consumptive coagulopathy named the Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon...