Disseminated intravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis as a cause of postextraction hemorrhage: Report of a case

Presented is a case in which severe, prolonged hemorrhage, subsequent to simple dental extractions in an 85-year-old Negro man, was due to disseminated intravascular coagulation, with secondary fibrinolysis resulting from metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland. The difficulty and delay in d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology oral medicine, oral pathology, 1976-06, Vol.41 (6), p.718-725
Hauptverfasser:	Falace, Donald A., Kelly, David E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Dentistry Diagnosis, Differential Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - complications Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - diagnosis Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - physiopathology Fibrinolysis Humans Male Oral Hemorrhage - etiology Tooth Extraction
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Zusammenfassung:	Presented is a case in which severe, prolonged hemorrhage, subsequent to simple dental extractions in an 85-year-old Negro man, was due to disseminated intravascular coagulation, with secondary fibrinolysis resulting from metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland. The difficulty and delay in diagnosis, selection of proper therapeutic regimen, and complications encountered during treatment are discussed.
ISSN:	0030-4220 1878-2175
DOI:	10.1016/0030-4220(76)90184-5