Treatment of Kasabach‐Merritt syndrome by embolisation of a giant liver hemangioma

We report the case of a 14‐month‐old child with Kasabach‐Merritt Syndrome, due to a giant liver hemangioma. The therapeutic approach consisted of peripheral transcatheter embolisation of the right hepatic artery with Ivalon microspheres without the addition of thrombogenic material. This procedure brought to a sensible permanent reduction of the size of the liver hemangioma with normalisation of the previous altered coagulation parameters after 6 years of follow‐up. Am. J. Hematol. 66:140–141, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.