Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis associated with necrotizing angiitis and generalized lymphadenopathy.
A 47-year-old woman with progressive systemic sclerosis developed disseminated intravascular coagulation in the course of her terminal illness. She also had complicating necrotizing angiitis and generalized lymphadenopathy. The likely relationship between disseminated intravascular coagulation and vasculitis is discussed.
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Kamouchi
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Yoshinari
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Goto
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Ishitsuka
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Murai
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Tashiro
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Fujishima
D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology