Bleeding Disorders. Immunohistochemical staining for tissue factor (A, magnification ×200) or urokinase-type plasminogen activator (B, magnification ×100). Arrows indicate positive cancer cells. Severe bleeding tendency caused by a rare complication of excessive fibrinolysis with disseminated intravascular coagulation in a 51-year-old Japanese man with prostate cancer: a case report.
Wada Y, Uchiba M, Kawano Y, Kai N, Takahashi W, Honda J, Tanoue K, Maeda Y, Murakami Y, Eto M, Imamura T - Journal of medical case reports (2012). Not Altered. CC.
Bleeding disorders are a group of conditions in which there is a problem with the body’s blood clotting process.
Examples of bleeding disorders include:
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
- Glanzmann thrombasthenia
- Von Willebrand disease
- Hemophilia A
- Hemophilia B aka Christmas disease
