Open AccessRecurrent thrombosis in an HIV-1 infected child
Author(s) -
Ira Shah
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.102127
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , middle cerebral artery , surgery , immunology , ischemia
Though thromboembolic complications in HIV infected patients have been described in literature, recurrent thrombosis is very rare. We present a six-year-old HIV infected boy who presented with recurrent thrombosis. He initially had renal artery thrombosis, then middle cerebral artery thrombosis and finally hepatic vein thrombosis that was fatal.