Kassabach-Merritt Syndrome - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Soo-In Choi

Diagnosis

Kassabach-Merritt syndrome

Body Site

chest axilla (armpit)

Age

11 weeks

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red purple

Morphology

tumor

Pattern

solitary

Comments

An 11-week-old boy developed a rapidly enlarging purple tumor on left chest with thrombocytopenia and consumptive coagulopathy. At birth he had a quarter-sized, tan-colored patch that began to grow quickly at 10 weeks of age. There was a color change to dark red/purplish blue and the lesion became hard and tender to palpation. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated features of a hemangioma and the lesion shrunk quickly with high dose intravenous corticosteroids (Solumedrol 2mg/kg/day).

Description

dusky reddish-purple 10-12 cm plaque with ecchymotic edge and large firm subcutaneous component

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11/21/2004 21:03:29

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