Open AccessPortal Venous Thrombosis- Disseminated Tuberculosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s) -
. NATARAJAN,
Kevin John,
David G. Jose,
P. Kalaiselvan,
Das Ak
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27640.10048
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , tuberculosis , thrombosis , venous thrombosis , lesion , portal vein thrombosis , surgery , deep vein , arthritis , pathology
Vascular thrombosis is one of the complications of tuberculosis. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thrombosis have been reported with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Splenic involvement in abdominal tuberculosis is among the rarest manifestations. Disseminated tuberculosis is predominantly reported in rheumatoid arthritis following ingestion of biological agents. Here, we report a case of disseminated tuberculosis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient who was on steroids and methotrexate for a long period, presenting with multiple splenic lesion and portal vein thrombosis, which was not reported earlier. She was treated with antitubercular drugs, anticoagulants and showed improvement.