Open AccessLate onset Warfarin induced skin necrosis in human immunodeficiency virus infected patient with pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Sanjiv Choudhary,
Amrita Madnani,
Adarshlata Singh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.112940
Subject(s) - medicine , warfarin , pulmonary tuberculosis , pulmonary embolism , tuberculosis , necrosis , incidence (geometry) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , surgery , pediatrics , virology , pathology , atrial fibrillation , physics , optics
The incidence of Warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is very low 0.01-0.10%. The majority of the WISN cases appear between day 3 and 6 of onset of Warfarin therapy. The cases of late onset WISN are rarely seen. We report a case of late onset WISN in a young human immunodeficiency virus positive female patient with thrombotic pulmonary embolism and reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis.