Chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation presenting as renal mass

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in a Case of Brucellosis Misdiagnosed as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura

Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Malignancy is a common cause of disseminated intravascular coagulation and usually presents as a chronic disorder in solid organ tumours. We present a rare case of recurrent acute disseminated intravascular coagulation in neuroendocrine carcinoma after manipulation, firstly, by core biopsy and, later, by cytotoxic therapy causing a release of procoagulants and cytokines from lysed tumour cells....

Liver abscess and disseminated intravascular coagulation in tuberculosis.

We report the case of a 55-year-old man with chronic renal failure, and a history of prolonged fever and jaundice. Radiological studies revealed a multiloculated irregular liver abscess. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from the abscess on smear and culture of aspirated pus. Haematological studies revealed the presence of disseminated intravascular coagulation. A detailed search failed t...

Hemodialysis without Anticoagulation for a Patient with Chronic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

We report a 68-year-old Japanese man with end-stage renal failure requiring hemodialysis and chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) related to thrombosis in an aortic aneurysm. He had undergone graft replacement for the dissection of the ascending and descending thoracic aorta in 1990 and 2002, respectively. Computed tomography disclosed an aneurysm with thrombosis in the residual...

Acquired Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting as a Catastrophic GI Bleed in a Hospitalized Patient

Acquired coagulopathy presenting as unexplained bleeding has been described in many critically ill hospitalized patients. The most common causes are DIC (Disseminated intravascular coagulation), renal or hepatic failure, Sepsis induced thrombocytopenia, HIT (Heparin induced thrombocytopenia), malignancy, acquired antibodies to clotting factors, drugs (anticoagulants, antibiotics), severe Vitami...