title: Pedal gangrene secondary to disseminated intravascular coagulation with gastric carcinoma.
abstract: Consumptive coagulopathy resulting in a disseminated intravascular coagulation is most often seen in infectious diseases and hematologic malignancies. Solid tumors may be associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation that results in gangrene of the upper extremity. A case report of lower-extremity gangrene as the pathology for gastric carcinoma is presented. The need for a multidisciplinary approach to this clinical presentation is noted.
authors.affiliation: Edward Hines, Jr Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gragasin-Saviano
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isaacson
authors.forename: Rodney M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Stuck
mesh_terms: D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*