Disseminated intravascular coagulation complicating gastric perforation in a bulimic woman
Roseborough, G.S.; Felix, W.A.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien de Chirurgie 37(1): 55-58
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-428X PMID: 8306221 Document Number: 434308
The authors report the case of a 43-year-old woman who presented with an acute abdomen and in shock after a bulimic episode. The fatal outcome in this case was due to disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The death represents the fifth reported in the literature among bulimic or anorexic patients who sustained a gastric perforation. This is the first documented case of DIC in a bulimic patient who died. The other reported cases are reviewed, and the findings are compared with those in this case.