title: Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy caused by intracardiac mesothelioma.
abstract: We report a case of intracardiac mesothelioma complicated by chronic disseminated intravascular coagulopathy in a 50-year-old woman. Her symptoms were completely relieved by emergency resection of the tumor. Primary resection of the intracardiac mesothelioma is adequate treatment for this complicated surgical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Hai-Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged