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Since the description in 1940 of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) in patients with capillary haemangiomas, several other vascular tumours have been recognised as possible causes of this coagulopathy. The literature suggests a specific histological pattern of vascular tumours responsible for KMS, excluding capillary haemangioma [1]. There is an extensive literature on, haemangiomas accompanied by thrombocytopenia, and imaging of thrombosis in the lesion, especially cavernous haemangioma of the liver. However, no report has described a haemangioma of the mandible in the acute stage of the coagulopathy, or serial examinations of such a lesion. We report the features of a mandible lesion with KMS and discusses the interpretations of the changes observed.
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Received: 2 July 1999/Accepted: 12 July 1999
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Panow, C., Berger, C., Willi, U. et al. MRI and CT of a haemangioma of the mandible in Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. Neuroradiology 42, 215–217 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050050
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