Miliary tuberculosis in an Indian lady: Looking beyond miliary tuberculosis
Lung India, 2015 Presence of miliary shadows in chest imaging in the appropriate clinical setting is often taken as a marker of miliary tuberculosis. If sputum is negative for acid -fast bacillus, empirical anti-tubercular therapy is given without securing a histological
Arjun Lakshman +3 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2017 ABSTRACT Miliary tuberculosis (TB) results from a massive lymphohematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli and is characterized by tiny tubercles evident on gross pathology resembling millet seeds in size and appearance.
Surendra K, Sharma, Alladi, Mohan
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Clinical Analysis of Pregnancy Complicated With Miliary Tuberculosis
Annals of Medicine, 2022 Background Pregnancy complicated with tuberculosis is increasingly common. The clinical characteristics of pregnancy complicated with miliary tuberculosis are summarized in this study.
Weimin Li, Zhixin Qiu, Kaige Wang
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Genital tuberculosis initially presenting as pyometra and progressing to miliary tuberculosis: A case report [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsFemale genital tuberculosis is a rare and often asymptomatic condition, which makes its diagnosis challenging. Early recognition of uncommon clinical presentation of tuberculosis is crucial for the better management of it.
Kentaro Kasuga +5 more
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Fatal acute miliary tuberculosis complicated by obstructive jaundice, acute pancreatitis, and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent female: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Miliary tuberculosis occurs in 2% of all patients with tuberculosis when Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulates in the bloodstream, leading to various nonspecific features.
Ahed Assaf +7 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis With Immune Thrombocytopenia in 50‐Year‐Old Ethiopian Woman: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsImmune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare but recognized hematologic complication of tuberculosis (TB), particularly miliary TB. We present a case of a 50‐year‐old female with severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic manifestations secondary to miliary TB ...
Hayatu Awel Abdela +3 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 A 35-year-old previously healthy Ugandan male, presents with cough for 3-4 months, dark sputum and intermittent fevers.
Jerald Pelayo, Kathleen Ruddiman
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Miliary brain tuberculosis in an infant
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 Tuberculosis remains prevalent in developing countries. Central nervous system tuberculosis often occurs secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, transmitted through the bloodstream, and has a high mortality rate.
Le Anh Duc, MD, PhD +8 more
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All that is Miliary is not tuberculosis [PDF]
Perspectives In Medical Research, 2020 Miliary pattern on radiographs are attributed always to tuberculosis even though the differential diagnoses of miliary pattern is very wide. This pattern is most commonly caused by infectious diseases and rarely by malignancies.
Vijetha S ¹, Samanvitha V 1 , Ramu M 2 , Satish Chandra K 3 , Prasad C N 4
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Pulmonary miliary sarcoidosis masquerading the reactivation of tuberculosis 30 years later
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Sarcoidosis may occur after treatment with pulmonary tuberculosis and requires differential diagnosis from tuberculosis reactivation.
Takashi Okuma +6 more
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