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Successful Treatment with Edoxaban for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in a Case of Aortic Dissection Complicated with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) from old aortic dissection. Initially, we increased the dose of prednisolone for ITP. However, her bleeding tendency caused by DIC worsened desp...

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Autores principales: Uemura, Shun, Kobayashi, Hironori, Seki, Yoshinobu, Okoshi, Yuki, Sone, Hirohito, Nomoto, Nobuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32389942
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4255-19
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Sumario:A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) from old aortic dissection. Initially, we increased the dose of prednisolone for ITP. However, her bleeding tendency caused by DIC worsened despite the rapid recovery of her platelet count, and the required amount of fresh-frozen plasma for transfusion increased. The administration of edoxaban for atrial fibrillation led to the marked improvement of her DIC status without serious adverse events. This case suggests that a direct oral anticoagulant may be an effective treatment for DIC caused by aortic dissection.