[Thrombohemorrhagic syndrome as the 1st manifestation of stomach cancer with multiple tumor embolisms in the microcirculation].

Two patients were described that died of gastric carcinoma, the first clinical manifestations of the disease being a hemorrhagic diathesis. The morphological examination revealed multiple tumour emboli in microcirculation of bone morrow and internal organs, that led to the development of disseminated intravasal coagulation with consumptive coagulopathy. Megacarycytosis was observed in bone marrow and spleen as well as megacaryocytemia in lungs as a manifestation of compensatory reaction.