Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Journal of Perinatology (2005) 25, 143–145. doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7211217

An Infant with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome with Associated Renal Hematoma and Intussusception

Scott O Guthrie MD1, Melissa Rhodes MD2, Robert Janco MD2, Sharon M Stein MD3, Kathy Jabs MD4 and Barbara Engelhardt MD1

  1. 1Division of Neonatology (S.O.G., B.E.), Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
  2. 2Division of Hematology (M.R., R.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
  3. 3Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (S.M.S.), Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
  4. 4Division of Nephrology (K.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

Correspondence: Scott Guthrie, MD, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A-0126 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232, USA

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Abstract

A neonate that had a forearm hemangioma, gross hematuria, and a renal parenchymal hematoma was found to have Kasabach–Merritt syndrome. He subsequently returned to our hospital and was found to have an intussusception secondary to an intestinal hemangioma.

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