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Tannock, Ian F - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation as the Presenting Sign of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Blackwell Science Inc, 2006Co-Authors: Duran Ignacio, Tannock, Ian FAbstract:Disseminated intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is an Acquired Coagulation Disorder that may occur in a wide variety of clinical conditions. Suspicion of DIC should lead to a differential diagnosis that includes primary fibrinolysis and other bleeding diatheses such as thrombocytopenias of diverse etiology. Confirmation of the diagnosis of DIC should always prompt a search for an underlying medical Disorder, including sepsis, severe trauma, solid and hematological malignancies, obstetrical complications, and vascular Disorders. Here, we describe an unusual case of acute bleeding and DIC as the presenting manifestation of metastatic prostate cancer in a 60-year-old man. Treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist and a short course of an antiandrogen, together with supportive measures (i.e., clotting factors, heparin, and platelets), led to normalization of all Coagulation parameters within 1 week, and to clinical improvement and decline in the serum level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). We discuss the pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, and association of DIC with prostate cancer along with the management of this condition
Choon Hae Chung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disseminated intravascular Coagulation associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2004Co-Authors: Sung Ho Yoon, Chiyoung Park, Choon Hae ChungAbstract:Disseminated intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is an Acquired Coagulation Disorder that occurs when the normal hemostatic balance is disturbed, primarily by excessive thrombin formation. Moreover, while DIC is a rare complication of aortic dissecting aneurysm, it is also a well-recognized one. We reported a case of DIC associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm in a 55-year-old woman who was transferred from another hospital because of chest pain radiating to her back and thrombocytopenia. Laboratory findings showed DIC with severe thrombocytopenia, and she was diagnosed as having an acute aortic dissection and DIC. After medical treatment on the aortic dissecting aneurysm, her DIC profile recovered.
Duran Ignacio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation as the Presenting Sign of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Blackwell Science Inc, 2006Co-Authors: Duran Ignacio, Tannock, Ian FAbstract:Disseminated intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is an Acquired Coagulation Disorder that may occur in a wide variety of clinical conditions. Suspicion of DIC should lead to a differential diagnosis that includes primary fibrinolysis and other bleeding diatheses such as thrombocytopenias of diverse etiology. Confirmation of the diagnosis of DIC should always prompt a search for an underlying medical Disorder, including sepsis, severe trauma, solid and hematological malignancies, obstetrical complications, and vascular Disorders. Here, we describe an unusual case of acute bleeding and DIC as the presenting manifestation of metastatic prostate cancer in a 60-year-old man. Treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist and a short course of an antiandrogen, together with supportive measures (i.e., clotting factors, heparin, and platelets), led to normalization of all Coagulation parameters within 1 week, and to clinical improvement and decline in the serum level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). We discuss the pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, and association of DIC with prostate cancer along with the management of this condition
Sung Ho Yoon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disseminated intravascular Coagulation associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2004Co-Authors: Sung Ho Yoon, Chiyoung Park, Choon Hae ChungAbstract:Disseminated intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is an Acquired Coagulation Disorder that occurs when the normal hemostatic balance is disturbed, primarily by excessive thrombin formation. Moreover, while DIC is a rare complication of aortic dissecting aneurysm, it is also a well-recognized one. We reported a case of DIC associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm in a 55-year-old woman who was transferred from another hospital because of chest pain radiating to her back and thrombocytopenia. Laboratory findings showed DIC with severe thrombocytopenia, and she was diagnosed as having an acute aortic dissection and DIC. After medical treatment on the aortic dissecting aneurysm, her DIC profile recovered.
Chiyoung Park - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disseminated intravascular Coagulation associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2004Co-Authors: Sung Ho Yoon, Chiyoung Park, Choon Hae ChungAbstract:Disseminated intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is an Acquired Coagulation Disorder that occurs when the normal hemostatic balance is disturbed, primarily by excessive thrombin formation. Moreover, while DIC is a rare complication of aortic dissecting aneurysm, it is also a well-recognized one. We reported a case of DIC associated with aortic dissecting aneurysm in a 55-year-old woman who was transferred from another hospital because of chest pain radiating to her back and thrombocytopenia. Laboratory findings showed DIC with severe thrombocytopenia, and she was diagnosed as having an acute aortic dissection and DIC. After medical treatment on the aortic dissecting aneurysm, her DIC profile recovered.
