Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation With Excessive Fibrinolysis Following Diagnostic Prostatic Biopsy for Prostate Cancer

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 10; p. e30502
• Main Authors: Ghallab, Muhammad, Ilyas, Usman, Tran, Lilian, Amin, Toka, Abdelmoteleb, Salma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto Springer Nature B.V 20.10.2022; Cureus
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Antigens; Arthritis; Biopsy; Blood platelets; Bones; Case reports; Catheters; Chemotherapy; Constipation; Emergency medical care; Fractures; Hematology; Hematuria; Hemoglobin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical diagnosis; Metastasis; Nuclear medicine; Oncology; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Primary care; Prostate cancer; Scintigraphy; Thrombosis; Ultrasonic imaging; Urine; Urology

The most common hematological disorder associated with prostate cancer is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). In most cases, cancer patients with DIC have compensated fibrinolysis with a low incidence of bleeding. However, DIC with excessive fibrinolysis is a rare albeit life-threatening v...