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Query: UMLS:C0012739 (
disseminated intravascular coagulation
)
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An 8.5-year-old girl who presented with
chronic cough
and hemoptysis underwent a CT scan of the chest showing diffuse mediastinal and parenchymal infiltration and pleural effusion, and laboratory findings showed
disseminated intravascular coagulation
. Disseminated lymphangiomatosis was diagnosed after an open-lung biopsy. She was treated by systemic steroids, interferon, tamoxifen, chemotherapy, and radiation but died of respiratory failure and
disseminated intravascular coagulation
2 years after the diagnosis. This patient represents a rare presentation of diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis together with
disseminated intravascular coagulation
, involving both the mediastinum and pulmonary parenchyma, in a child.
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PMID:Diffuse thoracic lymphangiomatosis with disseminated intravascular coagulation in a child. 1634 79
