title: Case report: venous thromboembolism in AIDS.
abstract: Recently, the authors managed three patients with AIDS and venous thromboembolism. All three were active, ambulatory, and without known risk factors for pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis. One patient had a low titer for IgG anticardiolipin antibody (1:13). Two had low normal values for free protein S, and the third patient had a very low value (5%). Clinicians caring for AIDS patients should be alert to the possibility that venous thromboembolism may complicate HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wispelwey
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schain
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications*