Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with satellitosis and Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon

Abstract

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a rare, potentially life-threatening vascular tumor often associated with a coagulopathy known as Kasabach–Merritt phenomenon (KMP). We report the case of an infant with satellite lesions around a large vascular tumor and associated KMP.

Keywords

• Hemangioma
• hemagioendothelioma
• kaposiform
• satellitosis