| Literature DB >> 28003904 |
Geeta Gathwala1, Poonam Dalal1, Virender Gehlawat1, Jasbir Singh1, Vandana Arya1.
Abstract
Severe pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) complicated by deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in adults has been reported previously in the medical literature; however, childhood extrapulmonary TB complicated by DVT is rare. We report a 13-year-old girl who presented to the Department of Pediatrics at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, India, in 2012 with abdominal TB complicated by DVT and intracranial sinus thrombosis. She was treated with a course of four antitubercular drugs and short-term anticoagulation therapy with a positive outcome over the next six months. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous reports have yet suggested a possible association between childhood TB and intracranial sinus thrombosis.Entities:
Keywords: Case Report; Deep Vein Thrombosis; Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis; India; Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis
Year: 2016 PMID: 28003904 PMCID: PMC5135469 DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.04.021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J ISSN: 2075-051X