title: Idiopathic chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, Hants, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lecointe-Jones
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Majer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male