TY - JOUR T1 - Diffuse intravascular clotting associated with a primary brain tumour JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 987 LP - 990 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.37.9.987 VL - 37 IS - 9 AU - Y. Vardi AU - M. Streifler AU - E. Schujman AU - M. Loewenthal Y1 - 1974/09/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/37/9/987.abstract N2 - A case of diffuse intravascular clotting associated with a primary brain tumour (oligodendroglioma) is described. The mechanisms of clotting and subsequent fibrinolytic syndromes are discussed with reference to the literature. On the basis of clinical, laboratory, and postmortem findings the possibility of the induction of diffuse intravascular clotting by primary brain tumours is stressed. ER -