A rare complication of pulmonary tuberculosis - Pulmonary venous thrombosis with atrial extension

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is serious public health problem in India and worldwide. The mortality rate in pulmonary TB is high in those with advanced disease and in presence of complications. It presents with wide variety of complications of which haematological complications are rare. Many cases were reported pulmonary TB associated with deep venous thrombosis, hepatic and portal venous thrombosis, central retinal venous thrombosis and sagittal sinus thrombosis in TB meningitis. We report a rare case of pulmonary TB with pulmonary venous thrombosis and atrial extension. To our best knowledge, this is the first case reported of its kind.

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

“…Classically, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) are more common in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Other unusual sites have been reported in the literature specifically splenic vein thrombosis [ 3 ], pulmonary venous thrombosis with atrial extension [ 4 ], left Ventricular Thrombus similar to our case [ 5 ]. DVT is clinically observed and can be confirmed with laboratory methods in 3–4% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis [ 2 ].…”