[Circulating heparin-like anticoagulant--2 cases of successful therapy]

In the circulation of patients with severe haemorrhagic conditions in rare instances an anticoagulant of heparin nature can be detected, the exact origin of which has not been elucidated so far. These patients can be treated by protamine sulphate. The authors present their own observations in two women where the circulating anticoagulant of heparin nature was detected during a haemorrhagic condition after spontaneous rupture of an enlarged spleen and in scleroderma with organ affection. In both instances treatment was successful.