The significance of pancytopenia in miliary tuberculosis.
Patients with miliary tuberculosis accompanied by a pancytopenia rarely survive their disease. If the peripheral blood picture does recover it has been taken as an indication that there is no underlying haematological disease, and so re-examination of the bone marrow is not performed. A case is described where resolution of the pancytopenia occurred but a persisting haematological disease remained. Aspects of haematological disease associated with tuberculosis are discussed.
Hunt
B J
BJ
Department of Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, U.K.
Andrews
V
V
Pettingale
K W
KW
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000209:etiology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications*