Open AccessTuberculosis Related Sudden Death:
Author(s) -
Abdulhakeem Althaqafi,
Atif W. Qubbany,
Asim K. Saleh,
Muntasir M. Abdelaziz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
saudi journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-5763
pISSN - 1658-7367
DOI - 10.32790/sjim.1.1.8
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , sudden death , complication , cause of death , pulmonary tuberculosis , pediatrics , surgery , disease , pathology
Although tuberculosis-related to sudden death is recognize, complication of tuberculosis is rarely reported in the literature of the Middle East. A rare case of tuberculosis-related to sudden death was presented in a 28-year-old Saudi woman who was admitted to our hospital for pulmonary tuberculosis. Although anti-tuberculosis medication was started, she died suddenly; 7 days later, most probably due to a massive hemoptysis. The literature on tuberculosis-related to sudden death in relation to the current case have been reviewed and discussed in this report.