Title
SARS-CoV-2 precipitated Kasabach-Merritt syndrome in a child with angioma infantile and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Case Report
Other title
[Síndrome de Kasabach-Merritt precipitado por SARS-CoV-2 en un niño con angioma infantil y leucemia linfoblástica aguda: Reporte de Caso]
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Medical Body of the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo National Hospital
Abstract
We describe an 8-month-old boy with leukemia and SARS-CoV-2 infection who developed Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon. He had a positive SARSCOV- 2 RT-PCR sample. Hematologic tests showed coagulopathy and intestinal involvement. She was managed in emergency receiving transfusion support and in hospitalization with social isolation measures, she started propanolol and corticotherapy as initial treatment of infantile angiomas. She presented with symptoms of intestinal obstruction and underwent surgery and evidence of hemorrhagic infarction with foci of intestinal ischemic necrosis, ending in ileostomy. We tried to understand a pathophysiological explanation of the dermatologic and gastrointestinal tract involvement by the virus and the atypical form of COVID-19. Given the emerging evidence of endothelial and vascular involvement in COVID-19, the development of tests to detect vascular lesions may be critical to guide the use of new therapeutic strategies.
Start page
387
End page
389
Volume
14
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122970595
Source
Revista del Cuerpo Medico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
ISSN of the container
22255109
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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