Portal system thrombosis in an HIV-infected child

HIV infection can lead to venous thrombosis due to protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, or antiphospholipid syndrome. Most patients present with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. We report a 10-years-old HIV-infected girl who presented with life-threatening hematemesis. Computed tom...

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Autores principales: Daga, Pawan, Shah, Ira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8628104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909628
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_27_19
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description HIV infection can lead to venous thrombosis due to protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, or antiphospholipid syndrome. Most patients present with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. We report a 10-years-old HIV-infected girl who presented with life-threatening hematemesis. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen and angiography showed thrombosis of the portal vein, superior mesenteric vein, and splenic vein. She was advised antiretroviral therapy and prothrombotic workup, however, she took discharge against medical advice.
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spelling pubmed-86281042021-12-13 Portal system thrombosis in an HIV-infected child Daga, Pawan Shah, Ira Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Reports HIV infection can lead to venous thrombosis due to protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, or antiphospholipid syndrome. Most patients present with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. We report a 10-years-old HIV-infected girl who presented with life-threatening hematemesis. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen and angiography showed thrombosis of the portal vein, superior mesenteric vein, and splenic vein. She was advised antiretroviral therapy and prothrombotic workup, however, she took discharge against medical advice. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8628104/ /pubmed/34909628 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_27_19 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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