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Query: UMLS:C0012739 (
disseminated intravascular coagulation
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare vascular malformation syndrome with cutaneous and visceral lesions frequently associated with serious, even fatal bleeding. No systemic therapy is currently available. We report here a case with disseminated skin and gastrointestinal venous malformations and findings of
disseminated intravascular coagulation
that was treated with
interferon beta
. The
disseminated intravascular coagulation
manifestations were cleared with the treatment. The regression of the coagulopathy in our patient led us to think that the use of
interferon beta
in BRBNS might be beneficial.
...
PMID:Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome associated with consumption coagulopathy: treatment with interferon. 1517 20
