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Acquired factor V deficiency in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis
J L Aliaga1, J de Gracia, R Vidal
1Pneumology Service, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
The European Respiratory Journal
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 29 yr old man with pulmonary tuberculosis and concomitant acquired plasma coagulation factor V deficiency is reported. The case is discussed together with three previously described cases. The bleeding tendency in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis may be caused by a coagulation factor antibody and may be corrected by chemotherapy, as in the case described. Special therapeutic approaches are required in some cases.