A 14-year-old patient presented to the ED with a 12-month history of joint pains and a 2-month history of headaches and ...

Acute DIC is a potentially life threatening oncologic emergency. It is an emergency that may be precipitated by many causative factors, including the cancer cells or tumor itself, infection, blood ...

1. What is antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)? Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder in which the patient’s immune system makes antibodies (antiphospholipid antibodies [aPL]) ...

The syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a serious hypercoagulation state that occurs in a variety of disease states, including cancer. Although DIC is often associated with ...