Púrpura trombocitopénica inmune como forma de presentación de una tuberculosis miliar

Llano, Luis Alejandro Pérez de; Cerro, J.L. Soilán del; Pais, M

doi:10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30392-6

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“…8 The role of intravenous immunoglobulin has also been described in the literature, but there are presently no definite guidelines for treatment of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to TB. 9 Because our patient was not symptomatic for thrombocytopenia, he was treated with ATT only. On follow-up after completing the full course of ATT, his platelet count and hemoglobin were normal, and he reported feeling fine.…”

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Image Diagnosis: Immune Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Abdominal Koch Disease

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Gupta

Malik

et al. 2016

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confidence: 98%

Image Diagnosis: Immune Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Abdominal Koch Disease

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Gupta

Malik

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Immune thrombocytopenia: A rare presenting manifestation of tuberculosis

Ghobrial

Albornoz

2001

American J Hematol

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We report the case of a 49 year-old male who presented with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)-induced epistaxis and generalized purpura. During the same hospitalization the patient was also found to have clinical, microbiological, histological, and roentgenographic evidence of disseminated mycobacterial tuberculosis (TB). The hematological and infectious abnormalities, which did not respond to high-dose intravenous corticosteroids and immune globulin (IVIg), resolved after anti-tuberculous treatment. Herein we review the characteristics of this rarely documented association. Am.

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