Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism

Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is a common communicable disease and every year affects millions of people, particularly in developing countries. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in elderly people with higher mortality. TB is also common in old people and is an independent risk factor of VTE. Howe...

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Main Authors: K Gowrinath, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
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Online Access:http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2023;volume=12;issue=5;spage=59;epage=62;aulast=Gowrinath
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description Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is a common communicable disease and every year affects millions of people, particularly in developing countries. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in elderly people with higher mortality. TB is also common in old people and is an independent risk factor of VTE. However, the association of VTE and active TB is rare, even in high-prevalence countries like India, and the reason is not known. In developing countries, failure to suspect thrombotic events clinically by those who treat a large number of TB cases in the peripheral health centres may be one of the reasons for underreporting VTE in active TB. In active TB, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is more frequent than pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) or VTE. DVT or PTE or VTE may present with TB or develop during treatment for TB, but simultaneous occurrence of active pulmonary TB and VTE is rare. We report concomitant active pulmonary TB with VTE without comorbid illnesses in an elderly man as a rare occurrence.
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spelling doaj.art-04cdec15506a4450b9630e32c3efa0f12024-04-01T05:54:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Clinical and Scientific Research2277-57062277-83572023-01-01125596210.4103/jcsr.jcsr_261_22Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolismK GowrinathAswini Kumar MohapatraGlobally, tuberculosis (TB) is a common communicable disease and every year affects millions of people, particularly in developing countries. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in elderly people with higher mortality. TB is also common in old people and is an independent risk factor of VTE. However, the association of VTE and active TB is rare, even in high-prevalence countries like India, and the reason is not known. In developing countries, failure to suspect thrombotic events clinically by those who treat a large number of TB cases in the peripheral health centres may be one of the reasons for underreporting VTE in active TB. In active TB, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is more frequent than pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) or VTE. DVT or PTE or VTE may present with TB or develop during treatment for TB, but simultaneous occurrence of active pulmonary TB and VTE is rare. We report concomitant active pulmonary TB with VTE without comorbid illnesses in an elderly man as a rare occurrence.http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2023;volume=12;issue=5;spage=59;epage=62;aulast=Gowrinathdeep venous thrombosisthromboembolismtuberculosisvenous thromboembolism
spellingShingle K Gowrinath
Aswini Kumar Mohapatra
Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
deep venous thrombosis
thromboembolism
tuberculosis
venous thromboembolism
title Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
title_full Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
title_fullStr Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
title_full_unstemmed Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
title_short Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
title_sort concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and venous thromboembolism
topic deep venous thrombosis
thromboembolism
tuberculosis
venous thromboembolism
url http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2023;volume=12;issue=5;spage=59;epage=62;aulast=Gowrinath
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