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We report a case of advanced gastric cancer complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation successfully treated with chemotherapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin. The patient was a 53-year-old woman who complained of loss of appetite, weight loss, and low back pain. Based on the laboratory data, a diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation was made. Gastroscopy revealed gastric carcinoma (Borrmann type 3) that was continuously bleeding, and chest computed tomography showed a solitary lung metastasis and bilateral pleural effusion. Bone scintigraphy revealed multiple bone metastases. Accordingly, we made a diagnosis of stage IV gastric cancer complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation. We selected the 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin combination chemotherapy for treatment and obtained the patient's consent. After two cycles of the 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin therapy, the bleeding symptoms improved and the disseminated intravascular coagulation process was successfully controlled. We concluded that disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by gastric cancer may be improved when the primary cancer and its metastases are brought under control by treatment with FP combination chemotherapy.
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PMID:Advanced gastric cancer associated with DIC successfully treated with 5-FU and cisplatin: a case report. 1194 41

We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with a metastatic gastric cancer complicated by diffuse bone marrow carcinomatosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MHA) treated by modified FOLFOX-6 as front-line chemotherapy regimen. This chemotherapy showed clinical, morphological and biological efficiency and safety in this rare and severe hematological complication at initial diagnosis. Furthermore, this is the first case of diffuse bone carcinomatosis from a gastric cancer to be monitored by positron emission tomography integrated computed tomography (PET-CT) scan using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG).
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PMID:Effectiveness and safe use of modified FOLFOX-6 for metastatic gastric cancer with signet ring cell components complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and diffuse bone marrow carcinomatosis. 2241 76

Gastric cancer patients with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation experiences a rare but severe complication resulting in a dismal prognosis. We report a case of advanced gastric cancer complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation with intractable tumor bleeding which was successfully treated with chemotherapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin. The patient was a 63-year-old man who complained of abdominal pain, melena, and dyspnea on 24 November 2010. We diagnosed stage IV gastric cancer complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation. Gastric tumor bleeding was not controlled after procedures were repeated three times using gastrofiberscopy. With the patient's consent, we selected the 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin combination chemotherapy for treatment. After one cycle of 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin therapy, symptoms of bleeding improved and the disseminated intravascular coagulation process was successfully controlled. The primary tumor and multiple metastatic bone lesions were remarkably shrunken and metabolically remitted after eight cycles of chemotherapy. In spite of progression, systemic chemotherapy is effective in disease control; further, the patient gained the longest survival time among cases of gastric cancer with disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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PMID:Advanced Gastric Cancer Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Successfully Treated with 5-fluorouracil and Oxaliplatin. 2384 28