A Case of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis Possible rare complications of childhood abdominal tuberculosis
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2016, Vol 16, Issue 4
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.
Authors and Affiliations
Geeta Gathwala| Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Poonam Dalal| Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Virender Gehlawat| Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Jasbir Singh| Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Vandana Arya| Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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