A case of Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome in a nine-month-old; a rare complication of haemangioma in the young Authors Hafiz Khalid Pervaiz Department of Vascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Usman Jamil Mughal Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Izza Ali Rai Department of Vascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Mumtaz Touseef Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Aliezeh Fatima Rai Department of Vascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.11607 Keywords: Haemangioma, Vincristine, Consumptive coagulopathy, KMP, Thrombocytopenia, Haemangioendothelioma Abstract Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon (KMP) is a life-threatening consumptive coagulopathy that commonly occurs in infants and young children. It is a combination of an enlarging vascular lesion, thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, and hypofibrinogemia. The case of a nine-month-old child who presented with a tuft haemangioma leading to the clinical features of KMP is presented. The investigation which was performed and pharmacological treatment initiated at different stages of presentation and the characteristic response to treatment are also discussed. Keywords: Haemangioma, Vincristine, Consumptive coagulopathy, KMP, Thrombocytopenia, Haemangioendothelioma. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2025-02-23 How to Cite Hafiz Khalid Pervaiz, Usman Jamil Mughal, Rai, I. A., Mumtaz Touseef, & Aliezeh Fatima Rai. (2025). A case of Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome in a nine-month-old; a rare complication of haemangioma in the young. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 75(03), 488–491. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.11607 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 75 No. 03 (2025): MARCH Section CASE REPORT License Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.