Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most widespread infectious diseases and a major health problem of the developing world, responsible for a large number of deaths each year. Isolated inferior vena cava thrombosis is a rare complication of abdominal TB. Venous thrombosis occurs due to either local invasion directly damaging the endothelial lining or by inducing hemostatic changes through acute phase reaction that causes a hypercoagulable state. Drug treatment with anti-TB drugs and anticoagulants such as low molecular weight heparin are effective treating the TB with coagulative disorders