Affiliations 

  • 1 Medical Officer, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2 General Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • 3 General and Trauma Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
J Clin Diagn Res, 2017 Jul;11(7):PD03-PD04.
PMID: 28892968 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/27923.10192

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism in tuberculosis is not a well recognised entity. It is a less frequently reported complication of severe pulmonary tuberculosis. It is exceedingly rare when it complicates extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Here, we present a case of 22-year-old young female with abdominal tuberculosis complicated with reverse ileocecal intussusception, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. An emergency vena cava filter was inserted prior to a limited right hemicolectomy. In this article, we discuss the rare association of venous thromboembolism with ileocecal tuberculosis.

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