Kasabach Merritt syndrome in a 28-year-old female: A strange case report

Abstract

Kasabach Merritt syndrome (KMS) is a rare disease in which a benign vascular tumor that is hemangioma grows rapidly, entraps red blood cells, platelets, and coagulation factors leading to activation of coagulation cascade resulting in life-threatening disseminated intravascular coagulation and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. KMS affects newborns and infants. Rarely can affect older children and adults with only a few cases reported in the existing literature. Clinically patients present with large cutaneous hemangioma usually involving the extremities however visceral organs may be involved in some cases along with anemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, and bleeding. We report a case of KMS in a 28-year-old female who presented with bilateral subdural hematoma, thrombocytopenia, and consumption coagulopathy. She was given seven days course of methylprednisolone to which she responded well.