Successful transarterial embolization with cellulose porous beads for occipital haemangioma in an infant with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.

Abstract

We report a 3-month-old boy with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome (KMS) with an occipital haemangioma who underwent successful transarterial embolization (TAE) with cellulose porous beads (CPBs). As his response to steroids and coil embolization was inadequate, we performed TAE with CPBs, carefully preventing their migration via dangerous anastomoses. The tumour blush decreased, there were no complications, all coagulation tests were immediately normalized and the tumor size decreased gradually. TAE with CPBs is useful for the treatment of KMS.

• Authors: Zaw Aung Khant, Toshinori Hirai, Osamu Ikeda, Eiji Furukoji, Yoshihito Kadota, Minako Azuma, Norihiro Shinkawa, Keiji Kitatani, Yoichi Mizutani, Kimihiko Endo, Yasuyuki Yamashita
• Journal: BJR case reports (BJR Case Rep) Vol. 3 Issue 3 Pg. 20170004 ( 2017) ISSN: 2055-7159 [Print] England
• PMID: 30363243 (Publication Type: Case Reports)