ArticleHauteville D, Georges A, Chamfeuil R, Desbaumes J, Abgrall J, Flechaire A, Herne N.
Sem Hop. 1979 Mar 8-15;55(9-10):442-8.
The authors present 7 cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), 4 of them with hemorragic syndrom, with appeared in the course of different adenocarcinomas (prostatic, pancreatic or undeterminated). Emphasis is set on 2 points : -- in all cases, metastasis of these cancers can be found in the bone marrow and/or the liver ; -- DIC may be the first sign of the disease. The pronostic is very bad, even with heparinic therapy because of the lack of specific treatment but for prostatic cancer.