[Tuberculosis with a hemophagocytic syndrome].
BACKGROUND
The hemophagocytic syndrome is rare and sometimes associated with tuberculosis.


METHODS
We report the case of a 30-year-old migrant from Congo presenting with a recurrent right pleuropneumonia, cachexia and night sweat. Blood tests revealed bicytopenia with a normal myelogram. Thorax CT-scan showed large mediastinal lymph nodes and pleuritis. Mediastinal lymph node biopsy concluded to granulomatosis lymphadenopathy with necrosis and bone marrow biopsy suggested hemophagocytic syndrome. The outcome was favorable with antibiotics and corticosteroids.
Sandrini
J
J
Département de médecine interne et gérontologie, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex 9, France.
Beucher
A-B
AB
Rousselet
M-C
MC
Gardembas
M
M
Lavigne
C
C
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*