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 was evidence of widespread thrombosis.
Mark
Pinto Lancelot
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Department of Neurology, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Ashok
P P
PP
Deshpande
R B
RB
Mahashur
Ashok A
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