Publication: Disseminated Tuberculosis Causing Pancytopaenia in an Indian Boy
Date
2013
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Tuberculosis still remains a major public health problem, particularly in developing countries. We report 11 year old Indian boy who presented with low grade fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites and petechial spots for past 6 weeks associated with pancytopaenia. Subsequently, bone marrow biopsy from the iliac crest revealed an epithelioid cell granuloma with hypercellularity. This is a rare presentation where disseminated tuberculosis presented as pancytopaenia.
Description
A Roy
Medical College, Kolkata
J Chaudhuri
Medical College, Kolkata
K Kumar
Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
D Mukhopadhyay
Medical College, Kolkata
Keywords
disseminated tuberculosis, Bone marrow granuloma, pancytopaenia