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Pulmonary embolism presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation
S S L Choi1, S Y Pang, W P Mak
1Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Caritas Medical Centre, 111 Wing Hong Street, Shamshuipo, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Medical Journal = Xianggang Yi Xue Za Zhi
|April 9, 2002
Abstract:
We report an unusual case of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Occult pulmonary embolism is a recognised cause of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Unexplained shock should prompt the physician to search for a thrombotic cause such as pulmonary thromboembolism.