Patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation as the first manifestation of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Risks of prostatic biopsy

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-191

  Navarro, M ^a   Ruiz, I ^a   Martin G ^a   Cruz, J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Prostate biopsy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33745655356     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500854     Document Type: Article

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