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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 203-205 |
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When you never thought it would be me
KR Raveendra, H Sivaranjani, Shivakumar Hrishikesh
Department of General Medicine, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shivakumar Hrishikesh
Department of General Medicine, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/AJIM.AJIM_53_19
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Tuberculosis, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, is a procoagulant state, which can lead to deep-vein thrombosis and thromboembolism. Rifampicin, the antitubercular drug by itself, can cause a procoagulant state. Here, we describe the case of a patient diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, on antitubercular treatment for 25 days, who developed pulmonary thromboembolism.
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