A 6-month-old boy with enlarging bruise on his back.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Mathes, Erin, ; Koerper, Marion; Frieden, Ilona
- Source
- Pediatric Annals; Jun2006, Vol. 35 Issue 6, p441-443, 3p
- Subject
- Juvenile diseases
Bruises
Diagnosis
Vascular diseases
Pediatrics
Blood-vessel tumors
Hemangiomas
Subclavian artery
- Language
- ISSN
- 00904481
This article presents a case study involving a 6-month-old boy who presented with an enlarging lump with bruising on his neck. The medical history of the patient is detailed. The results of the physical and laboratory examination conducted on the patient are presented. The child was diagnosed of having vascular tumor with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon.