Case report: venous thromboembolism in AIDS

Am J Med Sci. 1992 Jun;303(6):395-7. doi: 10.1097/00000441-199206000-00008.

Abstract

Recently, the authors managed three patients with AIDS and venous thromboembolism. All three were active, ambulatory, and without known risk factors for pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis. One patient had a low titer for IgG anticardiolipin antibody (1:13). Two had low normal values for free protein S, and the third patient had a very low value (5%). Clinicians caring for AIDS patients should be alert to the possibility that venous thromboembolism may complicate HIV infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Thrombophlebitis / complications*