Abstract
It has been reported that patients with bladder cancer have widely varying paraneoplastic consequences, including metabolic, dermatologic, myopathic and neurologic disturbances. We report a case of a 52-year-old man with advanced transitional cell carcinoma and liver metastases, who developed a severe coagulopathy following robotic radical cystoprostatectomy due to circulating heparin-like substances prior to onset of liver failure. Heparin-like anticoagulant production is a rare paraneoplastic effect documented in concert with transitional cell carcinoma, breast carcinoma and hematological malignancies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | E61-E63 |
| Journal | Journal of the Canadian Urological Association |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - Oct 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |