Gastric cancer presenting with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Patients presenting with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) as the first symptom of malignancy are rare. A 68-year-old man presented with DIC. On evaluation, he was found to have adenocarcinoma of the stomach. Resection of the growth controlled the DIC for a few days, after which the patient developed altered coagulation parameters and sepsis, and succumbed.
Deshpande
Aparna A
AA
Department of Surgery, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai. ashishaparna@hotmail.com
Gandhi
Jignesh A
JA
Shetty
Guruprasad
G
Deshmukh
Sandeep
S
Joshi
Amita S
AS
Hardikar
Jayprakash V
JV
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*