Very fast recovery of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation with abiraterone acetate in a patient with bone metastases from castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Hélène Gauthier; Camille Serrate; Damien Pouessel; Christine leMaignan; Luis Teixeira; Stéphane Culine

doi:10.1159/000367781

Very fast recovery of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation with abiraterone acetate in a patient with bone metastases from castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Case Rep Oncol. 2014 Sep 5;7(3):625-7. doi: 10.1159/000367781. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Authors

Hélène Gauthier¹, Camille Serrate¹, Damien Pouessel¹, Christine leMaignan¹, Luis Teixeira¹, Stéphane Culine¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France.

Abstract

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of advanced prostate carcinoma. We report the successful treatment with abiraterone acetate of acute DIC related to a progressive bone metastatic disease in a chemotherapy-naïve patient with castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Keywords: Abiraterone acetate; Bone metastases; Castrate-resistant prostate cancer; Disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Publication types

Case Reports