Hemophagocytic syndrome as an initial presentation of miliary tuberculosis without pulmonary findings

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作者
Dilber, E [1 ]
Erduran, E [1 ]
Kalyoncu, M [1 ]
Aynaci, FM [1 ]
Ökten, A [1 ]
Ahmetoglu, A [1 ]
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[1] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Fac Med, Dept Paediat Radiol, Trabzon, Turkey
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10.1080/00365540210147840
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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A 9-y-old girl was admitted with fever, weakness and weight loss. She had pancytopenia in peripheral blood, hypocellularity and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow. Disseminated tuberculosis was diagnosed after a long delay, with involvement of the lungs, bone marrow, liver, spleen and central nervous system. Tuberculosis can be a cause of hemophagocytosis and should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin associated with pancytopenia and hemophagocytosis.
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