[Consumption coagulopathy in a case of cystic spleen (author's transl)]

A case of a 65-year old female patient is reported, dealing with consumption coagulopathy and secondary hyperfibrinolysis due to cystic spleen. Following treatment with heparin, antifibrinolytic agents and replacement of clotting factors prior to surgery, the patient attained a satisfactory condition to be operated on. After removal of the cystic spleen, which was interspersed with massive hemorrhages, blood coagulation returned to normal quickly and continuously. The pathogenesis of consumption coagulopathy in relation to cystic spleen is discussed and it is referred to the pathomechanism of similar blood disorders in hemangiomatous and cavernous lesions of Kasabach-Merritt-syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-syndrome and pachymeningeosis haemorrhagica interna.