Large facial hemangioma causing kasabach-merritt syndrome, treated with percutaneous endovascular embolization

Abstract

This is a case of an infant that had a large right facial hemangioma and subsequently developed thrombocytopenia. He was admitted to the intensive care unit, then transferred to the interventional radiology for further management. He was successfully treated with endovascular embolization.

Keywords

• Endovascular embolization
• hemangioma
• Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
• magnetic resonance imaging