Disseminated intravascular DNA thromboemboli. A complication of chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia
S. B. Smith and E. B. Blum
Seven and one-half hours after receiving antileukemic therapy, an 11
year-old boy developed massive intravascular lysis of leukemic cells with
subsequent pooling of DNA to form disseminated intravascular thromboemboli.
The DNA thromboemboli produced neurologic symptoms and an alveolar
capillary block with resultant dyspnea and death.