An adult case of thrombocytopenia associated with posterior mediastinal hemangioma suggestive of Kasabach–Merritt phenomenon with uncertain diagnosis
Yao Zhang, Kangle Zhu, Xiao Wang, Yi Zhao, Zhengcheng Liu, Jingwei Shi · 2025
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Yao Zhang and five co-authors report a puzzling medical case from 2025. An adult woman had lived with a low platelet count for more than ten years. A routine check then found a growth at the back of her chest, between the lungs. Doctors thought the growth, a tangle of blood vessels, might be trapping and using up her platelets.
That trapping pattern has a name, Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon, and it is rare in adults. Surgeons removed the growth, and her platelet count rose to normal and stayed normal weeks later. Still, the team could not prove the link, since tissue tests lacked the marks of the usual tumor types and blood given during surgery may have helped. They urge care before settling on this rare diagnosis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yao Zhang, Kangle Zhu, Xiao Wang, Yi Zhao, Zhengcheng Liu, Jingwei Shi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |