Tuberculosis (TB) remains an infectious disease with a high prevalence\nworldwide and represents a major public health issue. Although venous\nthromboembolism (VTE) is a rare complication of this disease, it may be a\npotentially life-threatening event. A 58-year-old man was admitted due to\nhematemesis due to inflammation at the anastomosis site after a gastrectomy\nyears ago. After 3 days in-hospital, he showed a peroneal deep vein thrombosis\nand superficial thrombosis of left cephalic vein. Although reduced mobility\nand lack of prophylactic heparin could explain vein thrombosis, a simple\netiologic workup was performed and active tuberculosis was diagnosed. This\ncase illustrates a rare and unusual presentation form of tuberculosis, a condition\nthat remains now-a-days one of the leading infectious causes of death\nworldwide. The association between tuberculosis and VTE is rare, but it\nshould be systematically investigated.
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