Hiding in the bone: a case of miliary tuberculosis with bone marrow involvement.
Dissemination of tuberculosis is known as miliary tuberculosis. The clinical features of disseminated tuberculosis often leads to misdiagnosis. By the time we have bone marrow involvement by tuberculosis, prognosis is really poor.
M. Tahir, A. Nida, Sohaib Qamar
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Not all that is miliary is tuberculosis: Metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma mimicking miliary tuberculosis [PDF]
AbstractMedullary carcinoma of the thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of miliary pattern of micronodules on chest imaging, irrespective of clinical features.
Elham Askari+7 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting as Puerperial Fever
Miliary tuberculosis as a cause of puerperial fever is extremely rare. It is a serious illness with nonspecific clinical manifestations and typical chest radiographic findings may not be seen until late in the course of the disease.
A. Agarwal
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Secondary Tuberculosis of Tonsil case report and literature review [PDF]
A case report of secondary tuberculosis of tonsil is being discussed along with review of published literature. This report attempts to draw attention to the fact that Tuberculosis is resurgentdespite excellent chemotherapeutic drugs available.
Ramamoorthy, Geetha+2 more
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Mucosal delivery of tuberculosis vaccines: a review of current approaches and challenges. [PDF]
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health threat and it is now clear that the current vaccine, BCG, is unable to arrest the global TB epidemic. A new vaccine is needed to either replace or boost BCG so that a better level of protection could
Barclay WR+8 more
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Recurrent pneumothorax developing during chemotherapy in a patient with miliary tuberculosis
Despite the fact that miliary tuberculosis is frequently seen, associated pneumothorax developing during antitubercular chemotherapy for miliary tuberculosis is rare.
Gupta Prem+3 more
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An unusual case of prostate tuberculosis: a case report
Ahmad Jasem Abdulsalam,1 Mohammad Adel Abdulsalam2 1Faculty of Medicine, Health Science Center, Jabriya, Kuwait; 2Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait Introduction: Tuberculosis of the prostate is a rare complication of miliary tuberculosis ...
Abdulsalam AJ, Abdulsalam MA
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Hepatic tuberculosis in absence of disseminated abdominal tuberculosis
Liver involvement in tuberculosis in absence of miliary tuberculosis is rare. This study was performed to analyse the spectrum and response to treatment of hepatic tuberculosis in the absence of miliary abdominal tuberculosis.
Chirag S. Desai+6 more
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Acute miliary tuberculosis of the pharynx (Isambert disease): case report
Miliary pharyngeal tuberculosis or Isambert disease is a rare form of tuberculosis. It can be isolated or more often associated with lung damage. We report the case of a 25-year-old patient referred for deep asthenia with fever, sweating and weight loss,
Younes Chebraoui+6 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis Mimicking Brain Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
Background: Miliary tuberculosis (TB) can cause diagnostic confusion for clinicians because its radiological appearance can resemble that of metastatic cancer.
Y. Ko+5 more
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