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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with massive disseminated intravascular coagulopathy treated with systemic chemotherapy
Byung Gyu Yoon, Hee Jo Baek, Burm Seok Oh, Dong Kyun Han, Yoo Duk Choi, Hoon Kook
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(12):505-508.   Published online December 22, 2015

It is uncommon for pediatric patients with rhabdomyosarcoma to present with clinical and/or laboratory features of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We report a case of metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with severe bleeding because of DIC in a 13-year-old boy. He experienced persistent oozing at the site of a previous operation, gross hematuria, and massive epistaxis. Two weeks after initiating combination chemotherapy...