Case Report
Fulminant Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation as Initial Presentation of BRAF-Mutated Melanoma
Table 1
Case reports of metastatic melanoma presenting with DIC.
| Source | Clinical presentation | Diagnosis | Treatment course | Citation |
| Bhattacharyya et al. | 62-year-old woman presenting with hematuria and DIC 2 months after she was diagnosed with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma. | BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma | DIC improved with vemurafenib. | [1] | Lepelley-Dupont et al. | 61-year-old woman with history of metastatic melanoma presenting with acute hemorrhagic shock with evidence of DIC. | Metastatic melanoma | Dacarbazine was started; however, patient expired secondary to hemorrhagic shock. | [2] | Schlaeppi et al. | 37-year-old man with history of excised melanoma 6 years ago found to have diffuse metastatic disease of the liver and DIC. | Metastatic melanoma | DIC resolved with dacarbazine, vinblastine, and cisplatine. | [3] |
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