Defibrination syndrome in gastric tumors
Misz, M.; Szabó, A.; Bátonyi, E.; Tompa, G.; Papp, L.
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 117(8): 287-290
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-3098 PMID: 804632 Document Number: 95583
The two cases reported here were clinically misleading because of the negative history. A 49-year-old woman was treated for thrombosis migrans of the vena cava and a consumption coagulopathy; a 15-year-old boy for gastro-intestinal hemorrhages and hematemesis with fibrinolysis syndrome. Since the coagulation disturbances did not subside in spite of the treatment, an exploratory laparotomy was performed which revealed a solid carcinoma of the stomach in both cases. The hemorrhagic tendency can be traced back to the coagulation accelerator factors which escape from the tumor and metastases into the blood.