A patient with hypercoagulable state due to tuberculosis

Mark, P.L.; Ashok, P.P.; Deshpande, R.B.; Mahashur, A.A.

Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 51(1): 49-51

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 0377-9343
PMID: 19317364
Document Number: 629495
A 55-year-old male patient presented with status epilepticus following prolonged fever. Investigations revealed miliary opacities in lungs that were diagnosed as tubercular after thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Wide derangement of coagulation parameters was found, indicating a pro-coagulent state. There was evidence of widespread thrombosis.

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