Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Enhanced Fibrinolysis Caused by Heart Metastasis of Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

Case Rep Oncol. 2022 Aug 30;15(2):745-749. doi: 10.1159/000523822. eCollection 2022 May-Aug.

Abstract

Heart metastases from urothelial carcinoma of the bladder have rarely been reported in the literature. We present a case complicated by symptomatic disseminated intravascular coagulation in a 67-year-old woman. A rapid and sustained recovery from hemostatic troubles was obtained following fibrinogen supplementation combined with second-line paclitaxel chemotherapy.

Keywords: Bladder cancer; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Heart metastasis; Urothelial carcinoma.

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