Lethal left cardiac thromboembolism in infant: A rare complication of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Autor: Razafimanjato NNM; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Department of Surgery & Division of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medecine of Antananarivo, Madagascar., Vita OA; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Anaesthesia Reanimation Units, Faculty of Medecine of Tananarive, Madagascar., Randriamizao MR; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Anaesthesia Reanimation Units, Faculty of Medecine of Tananarive, Madagascar., Rajaonera TA; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Anaesthesia Reanimation Units, Faculty of Medecine of Tananarive, Madagascar., Hunald FA; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Department of Surgery & Division of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medecine of Antananarivo, Madagascar., Rakotovao HJL; Teaching Hospital of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Ampefiloha, Department of Surgery & Division of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medecine of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Respiratory medicine case reports [Respir Med Case Rep] 2018 Dec 04; Vol. 26, pp. 98-100. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 04 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.11.016
Abstrakt: If acute or severe infectious are know that risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), the role active tuberculosis is ill defined, despite different case reports and many small case series have proposed an association between VTE and chronic infectious such as tuberculosis. We are highlighting an exceptional phenomenon correlation between intra-cardiac thromboembolism and pulmonary tuberculosis and concluded that active tuberculosis should include in the physician's evaluation of intra-cardiac thromboembolism risk.
Databáze: MEDLINE