Key result
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer developed severe intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation during emergent spinal decompression, which was successfully managed with aggressive blood product resuscitation.
Population
62-year-old man with known metastatic carcinoma of prostate, presenting with rapidly progressing paraplegia…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May heighten vigilance for intraoperative DIC in metastatic prostate cancer surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before practice change.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Highlights the risk of intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma undergoing surgery.
Rafiq et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate with spinal cord compression and intraoperative DIC (n=1). Thoracolumbar decompression and blood product resuscitation was evaluated. A patient with metastatic prostate cancer developed severe intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation during emergent spinal decompression, which was successfully managed with aggressive blood product resuscitation.
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