Paravertebral and Retroperitoneal Vascular Tumour Presenting with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon in Childhood, Diagnosed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Main Authors: Gonca Keskindemirci (Author), Deniz Tuğcu (Author), Gönül Aydoğan (Author), Arzu Akçay (Author), Nuray Aktay Ayaz (Author), Ali Er (Author), Ensar Yekeler (Author), Bilge Bilgiç (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon (KMP) is characterized by vascular tumour and consumptive coagulopathy with life-threatening thrombocytopenia, prolonged prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time, hypofibrinogenemia, and the presence of high fibrin split products. We report a case of 3-year-old bo...