DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULOPATHY PRESENTING AS A BLEEDING TOOTH SOCKET

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) was diagnosed during hae matological investigation of a patient with a persistent bleeding toot h socket. On further clinical examination an abdominal aortic aneurysm was found. No other cause for the DIC was detected. The DIC was treat ed and the socket healed. The patient refused to have definitive surge ry for the aneurysm.