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Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
Disease definition
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS), also known as hemangioma-thrombocytopenia syndrome, is a rare disorder characterized by profound thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and subsequent consumptive coagulopathy in association with vascular tumors, particularly kaposiform hemangioendothelioma or tufted angioma.
ORPHA:2330
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- Slovak (2006, pdf)
- Anesthesia guidelines
- Czech (2019)
- English (2019)
- Review article
- English (2017)
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