%0 Journal Article
%T Vincristine: A new treatment option for Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
%A S Avasthi
%J Internet Journal of Medical Update - EJOURNAL
%D 2011
%I Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri
%X Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) is characterized by a rapidly enlarging hemangioma, thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and consumption coagulopathy as a result of platelet and red blood cell trapping and activation of clotting system within the vasculature of hemangioma. This syndrome is shown to be associated with kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas or tufted hemangioma.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijmu/article/view/68195