Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis associated with necrotizing angiitis and generalized lymphadenopathy

M Kamouchi; M Yoshinari; H Goto; T Ishitsuka; K Murai; K Tashiro; M Fujishima

doi:10.1159/000204835

Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis associated with necrotizing angiitis and generalized lymphadenopathy

Acta Haematol. 1991;86(4):203-5. doi: 10.1159/000204835.

Authors

M Kamouchi¹, M Yoshinari, H Goto, T Ishitsuka, K Murai, K Tashiro, M Fujishima

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 1687185
DOI: 10.1159/000204835

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman with progressive systemic sclerosis developed disseminated intravascular coagulation in the course of her terminal illness. She also had complicating necrotizing angiitis and generalized lymphadenopathy. The likely relationship between disseminated intravascular coagulation and vasculitis is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / blood
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / diagnosis*
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / pathology
Female
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Lymphatic Diseases / blood
Lymphatic Diseases / diagnosis*
Lymphatic Diseases / etiology
Lymphatic Diseases / pathology
Middle Aged
Polyarteritis Nodosa / blood
Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnosis*
Polyarteritis Nodosa / etiology
Polyarteritis Nodosa / pathology
Scleroderma, Systemic / blood
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications
Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnosis*
Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology