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CAVERNOUS HAEMANGIOMA AND CHRONIC INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION IN A GYNAECOLOGICAL PATIENT
Author(s) -
Groll Michael,
Day James
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb12908.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coagulopathy , consumptive coagulopathy , coagulation , disseminated intravascular coagulation , surgery , pathogenesis , hemangioma , dermatology , radiology , pathology
Summary Giant cavernous haemangioma is a rare cause of consumption coagulopathy. A 29‐year‐old gynaecological patient had severe postoperative bleeding secondary to this entity. Diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment are discussed.