A Case of Chronic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Revealed by Post-extraction Hemorrhage

Abstract

Post-extraction hemorrhage is often caused by local factors, and also occasionally by hemostatic abnormality due to systemic hemorrhagic factors. In this report, we described the case of chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) revealed by post-extraction hemorrhage. The patient was a female in her eighties. The laboratory examinations revealed the possibility of blood coagulation disorder due to chronic DIC. Although DIC was remarkably improved by continuous intravenous infusion of thrombomodulin, the underlying disease causing DIC has been unidentified. After the completion of treatment for DIC, follow-up treatment has been performed in outpatient clinic and no evidence of exacerbation of DIC has observed at the present time.