When you never thought it would be me

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• deep-vein thrombosis
• procoagulant state
• pulmonary thromboembolism
• rifampicin
• tuberculosis