Idiopathic chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation, whether acute or chronic is usually associated with an underlying causative condition. In this case chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation persisted in one 79 year old man for 3 years with no detectable underlying cause.
Green
P J
PJ
Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, Hants, UK.
Lecointe-Jones
A
A
Majer
R
R
Weir
P
P
Day
L
L
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male