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ArticleCase reports in oncological medicine2020

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Sumit Sohal, Akhilesh Thakur, Aleena Zia, Mina Sous, Daniela Trelles

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Article in Case reports in oncological medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sumit SohalDepartment of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-258X
Akhilesh ThakurDepartment of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Aleena ZiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9609-0677
Mina SousDepartment of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Daniela TrellesDepartment of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Saint Francis Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a disorder of coagulation which is commonly seen as a complication of infections, traumas, obstetric diseases, and cancers especially hematological and rarely solid cancers. DIC may rarely be the presenting feature of an undiagnosed malignancy. It may present in the form of different phenotypes which makes its diagnosis difficult and leads to high mortality. The treatment comprises supportive, symptomatic treatment and removal of the underlying source. Here, we present a patient with history of being on warfarin for atrial fibrillation and other comorbidities who presented with elevated INR of 6.3 and increasing dyspnea on exertion. Over the course of her stay, her platelet counts started dropping with a concurrent decrease in fibrinogen levels. She eventually developed pulmonary embolism, followed by stroke and limb ischemia, which was indicative of the thrombotic phenotype of DIC. Her pleural fluid analysis showed huge burden of malignant cells in glandular pattern suggestive of adenocarcinoma and was started on heparin drip. However, the patient had cardiac arrest and expired on the same day of diagnosis.

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