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Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Tuberculosis has a variety of hematological manifestations. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. We present a case of disseminated tuberculosis with isolated thrombocytopenia. While TB granulomas in the bone marrow can themselves cause hematological abnormali...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345918 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92367 |
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author | Dagaonkar, Rucha S. Udwadia, Zarir F. |
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description | Tuberculosis has a variety of hematological manifestations. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. We present a case of disseminated tuberculosis with isolated thrombocytopenia. While TB granulomas in the bone marrow can themselves cause hematological abnormalities, persistent thrombocytopenia refractory to anti-TB therapy may be ITP associated with TB. |
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spelling | pubmed-32760392012-02-16 Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura Dagaonkar, Rucha S. Udwadia, Zarir F. Lung India Case Report Tuberculosis has a variety of hematological manifestations. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. We present a case of disseminated tuberculosis with isolated thrombocytopenia. While TB granulomas in the bone marrow can themselves cause hematological abnormalities, persistent thrombocytopenia refractory to anti-TB therapy may be ITP associated with TB. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3276039/ /pubmed/22345918 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92367 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Dagaonkar, Rucha S. Udwadia, Zarir F. Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title | Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title_full | Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title_fullStr | Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title_short | Disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
title_sort | disseminated tuberculosis with immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345918 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92367 |
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