This is a rare disease picture consisting of blood vessel growths that are benign but can give complaints such as pain.<\/p>\n
It usually occurs in childhood (25% in the first year, 60-70% for the 5th year of life). Clinically you see purple-red spots, usually on the upper body, neck, shoulders and sometimes the face. They are gradually larger (in 1-10 years) and sometimes they are smaller.<\/p>\n
If the growths are great they can give problems involving platelets and thereby provide clotting problems. This is called Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.<\/p>\n
Additional research can consist of a biopsy (piece of the skin) looked at under a microscope to confirm the diagnosis. At some places an MRI scan may also be used as well as further blood tests (particularly clotting and platelets).<\/p>\n
Treatment consists of analgesic in the case of pain. Furthermore, corticosteroids, the spot surgically removed if it is small or possibly treating with laser therapy. Kasabach-Merritt syndrome patients may be given aspirin or plavix or in worse cases prednisone or vincristine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a rare disease picture consisting of blood vessel growths that are benign but can give complaints such as pain. It usually occurs in childhood (25% in the first year, 60-70% for the 5th year of life). Clinically you see purple-red spots, usually on the upper body, neck, shoulders and sometimes the face. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2444,"parent":72878,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"aw-modules\/awcf_create_page_templates_with_elementor_content\/page-templates\/page-aw-page-template-67351.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-491","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n