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Embolization therapy in the management of infantile hemangioma with Kasabach Merritt syndrome

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A case is presented in which a giant infantile hemangioma with thrombocytopenia is managed successfully by serial transcatheter embolization.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    B. Wicklund & C. T. Kisker

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, 52242, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Y. Sato, E. E. Frey & W. L. Smith

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Sato, Y., Frey, E.E., Wicklund, B. et al. Embolization therapy in the management of infantile hemangioma with Kasabach Merritt syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 17, 503–504 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388292

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