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Kasabach–Merritt syndrome (KMS) also known as Hemangioma with thrombocytopenia) is a rare disease usually of infants in which a vascular tumor leads to decreased platelet counts and sometimes other bleeding problems which can be life-threatening. It is also known as hemangioma thrombocytopenia syndrome. It is named after Haig Haigouni Kasabach and Katharine Krom Merritt the two pediatricians who first described the condition in 1940.
