Resumen

MARTINEZ LOPEZ, Ivette et al. Coagulación intravascular diseminada fulminante en una paciente con leucemia promielocítica aguda. Rev cubana med [online]. 2002, vol.41, n.5, pp. 303-307. ISSN 1561-302X.

The case of a patient with diagnosis of fulminant disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by a hypergranular acute promyelocytic leukaemia was reported. An aggressive behavior of the disease that caused the death of the patient in 72 hours due to visceral massive hemorrhages was clinically observed.

Palabras clave : DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION [ethiology]; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.