Signs and Symptoms
The affected person is often acutely ill and shocked with widespread hemorrhage (common bleeding sites are mouth, nose and venipuncture sites), extensive bruising, renal failure and gangrene. The onset of DIC can be fulminant, as in endotoxic shock or amniotic fluid embolism, or it may be insidious and chronic, as in cases of carcinomatosis.
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