A Patient with Hypercoagulable State Due to Tuberculosis

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences 2009, Vol.51 (1), p.49-51
Hauptverfasser:	PINTO LANCELOT MARK, ASHOK, P. P, DESHPANDE, R. B, MAHASHUR, Ashok A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences General aspects Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Platelet diseases and coagulopathies Thrombophilia - etiology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Miliary - complications Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0377-9343