Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of advanced prostate carcinoma. We report the successful treatment with abiraterone acetate of acute DIC related to a progressive bone metastatic disease in a chemotherapy-naïve patient with castrate-re...

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Main Authors: Hélène Gauthier, Camille Serrate, Damien Pouessel, Christine le Maignan, Luis Teixeira, Stéphane Culine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/367781
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spelling doaj-e561d3ab84eb4f9ab3fc01f1d323e73f2020-11-25T00:32:02ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Oncology1662-65752014-09-017362562710.1159/000367781367781Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate CancerHélène GauthierCamille SerrateDamien PouesselChristine le MaignanLuis TeixeiraStéphane CulineDisseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of advanced prostate carcinoma. We report the successful treatment with abiraterone acetate of acute DIC related to a progressive bone metastatic disease in a chemotherapy-naïve patient with castrate-resistant prostate cancer.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/367781Abiraterone acetateBone metastasesCastrate-resistant prostate cancerDisseminated intravascular coagulation
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author Hélène Gauthier
Camille Serrate
Damien Pouessel
Christine le Maignan
Luis Teixeira
Stéphane Culine
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Camille Serrate
Damien Pouessel
Christine le Maignan
Luis Teixeira
Stéphane Culine
Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Case Reports in Oncology
Abiraterone acetate
Bone metastases
Castrate-resistant prostate cancer
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
author_facet Hélène Gauthier
Camille Serrate
Damien Pouessel
Christine le Maignan
Luis Teixeira
Stéphane Culine
author_sort Hélène Gauthier
title Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_short Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_full Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_fullStr Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Very Fast Recovery of Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Abiraterone Acetate in a Patient with Bone Metastases from Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
title_sort very fast recovery of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation with abiraterone acetate in a patient with bone metastases from castrate-resistant prostate cancer
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Oncology
issn 1662-6575
publishDate 2014-09-01
description Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of advanced prostate carcinoma. We report the successful treatment with abiraterone acetate of acute DIC related to a progressive bone metastatic disease in a chemotherapy-naïve patient with castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
topic Abiraterone acetate
Bone metastases
Castrate-resistant prostate cancer
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/367781
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