title: Chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by a uterine leiomyoma. A case report.
abstract: We report the case of a patient who presented with a large abdominopelvic mass and laboratory data consistent with disseminated intravascular coagulation. After the successful removal of a large uterine leiomyoma, the patient's coagulopathy resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-Gynecology, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanbour-Shakir
mesh_terms: D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000209:etiology; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins