ReportKaposiform hemangioendothelioma without Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon
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Materials and methods
A total of 9 patients with KHE in the absence of thrombocytopenia were culled from the Vascular Anomalies Center at Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass, database by diagnosis. These patients were seen from 1990 to 2003. One patient was included from the Department of Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco. We reviewed the medical records, available radiology, and histology from all 10 patients.
Clinical features
The study group was composed of 10 infants and children (Table I). Tumors were first noted from birth to 2 years of age; they were located on the trunk (n = 2), upper and lower extremities (n = 6), and cervicofacial region (n = 2). The lesions were 1 to 3 cm in diameter at presentation and grew up to 3 to 8 cm in diameter. The most common appearance was a soft tissue mass with cutaneous findings that ranged from an erythematous papule, plaque, or nodule to an indurated, purple, and firm tumor (Fig 1
Discussion
We were curious as to why some infants with KHE develop thrombocytopenia whereas others do not. We looked at clinical, radiologic, and histologic features that might correlate with platelet trapping.
It is generally accepted that KMP is far less likely with TA than with KHE. Wilson Jones et al,7, 11 who were first to describe TA, later described 20 patients with TA without KMP, but they did not document lesional size. These tumors were most commonly located on the neck, upper aspect of chest,
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