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[Overt disseminated intravascular coagulation complicating a venous malformation]
N Zenati1, C Seinturier1, S Blaise2
1Department of Vascular Medicine, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, 38000 Grenoble, France.
Introduction:
Coagulopathy related to venous malformations can be life threatening. This complication is little known and underestimated.
Case Report:
We report the case of a 52-year-old female patient who presented with a left femoral fracture. She had a pre-existing muscular infiltrating venous malformation of the left hip. During surgery, she developed acute disseminated intravascular coagulation. The latter was probably a consequence of both surgery and localized intravascular coagulation that was unknown before the trauma.
Conclusion:
It is important to diagnose localized intravascular coagulation in venous malformations, since the risk of disseminated intravascular coagulation can be prevented by anticoagulant therapy.
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