title: Simultaneous acute deep vein thrombosis and acute brucellosis. A case report.
abstract: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease common in developing countries. Vascular complications, including arterial and venous, associated with Brucella infection have rarely been reported. A case of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) developing after a diagnosis of acute brucellosis in a young milkman is presented. A 26-year-old man presented with pain in the right leg. The patient's medical history included a diagnosis of brucellosis in our hospital where he had presented with complaints of weakness and fever. Peripheral venous Doppler ultrasound showed DVT, and the patient was treated with anticoagulants. The patient was discharged with warfarin therapy and anti-brucellosis treatment. Although rare, some infectious agents may cause vascular pathologies. Patients presenting with symptoms of DVT or similar vascular pathologies should be assessed for infectious agents, particularly in those coming from Brucella-endemic areas.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Niğde State Hospital, Niğde, Turkey.
authors: Salih
authors: S
authors: Salihi
authors: Department of Radiology, Niğde State Hospital, Niğde, Turkey.
authors: Şeyda
authors: Ş
authors: Andaç
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Kalender
authors: Department of Radiology, Niğde State Hospital, Niğde, Turkey.
authors: Onur
authors: O
authors: Yıldırım
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Niğde State Hospital, Niğde, Turkey.
authors: Ayfer
authors: A
authors: İmre
keywords: brucellosis; pulmonary thromboemboli; venous thromboembolism