Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with metastatic prostate cancer: Fatal outcome following strontium-89 therapy
Journal Article
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· Journal of Nuclear Medicine
OSTI ID:458861
- Univ. of British Columbia, (Canada); and others
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer was found to have low-grade disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). He had significant bone pain despite external-beam radiotherapy and was given {sup 89}Sr with subsequent thrombocytopenia and epistaxis. The patient died from generalized hemorrhage 36 days postinjection. Although it is not possible to establish a causal relationship between {sup 89}Sr and DIC, practitioners should be alert to complications associated with the primary disorder which might occur at a time to raise concern about the intervention. 8 refs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 458861
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 35, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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