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Deep Vein Thrombosis in A Patient with Lepromatous Leprosy Receiving Thalidomide to Treat Leprosy Reaction
- Source :
- Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition). 104:67-70
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- Thalidomide is the treatment of choice for severe or recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum. Its use has been associated with deep vein thrombosis in patients with blood disorders, however, particularly when used in combination with corticosteroids or chemotherapy. We describe a case of deep vein thrombosis in a 43-year-old man with lepromatous leprosy who was being treated with thalidomide and prednisone for a type 2 leprosy reaction (erythema nodosum leprosum); the patient also had transiently positive antiphospholipid antibody results. We stress the importance of considering deep vein thrombosis, a potentially fatal complication, in dermatology patients treated with thalidomide.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Lepromatous leprosy
Histology
integumentary system
business.industry
Deep vein
Leprostatic agent
Dermatology
medicine.disease
Thrombosis
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Surgery
Thalidomide
Venous thrombosis
medicine.anatomical_structure
Prednisone
medicine
Leprosy
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15782190
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........da33ec03aa92c8dbe9ddbd69a6f9a766