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All that is Miliary is not tuberculosis [PDF]

open access: yesPerspectives 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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Miliary brain tuberculosis in an infant

open access: yesRadiology 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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Miliary tuberculosis in an Indian lady: Looking beyond miliary tuberculosis

open access: yesLung 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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Miliary Tuberculosis [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiology 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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Pulmonary miliary sarcoidosis masquerading the reactivation of tuberculosis 30 years later

open access: yesClinical 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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All Signs Point to Cancer: A Case of Cryptic Miliary Tuberculosis in the Setting of Concomitant Cancer

open access: yesCase Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Dissemination of tuberculosis (TB) is known as miliary tuberculosis. When miliary tuberculosis lacks classic radiographic and clinical features, it can be labeled cryptic miliary tuberculosis and may mimic metastatic cancer.
Victoria Cress   +2 more
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Ground-glass opacity as a paradoxical reaction in miliary tuberculosis: A case report and review of the literature

open access: yesIDCases, 2020
A paradoxical reaction (PR) is an excessive immune response occurring during antitubercular therapy (ATT), but is rare in patients with miliary tuberculosis.
Yuki Tokuyama   +6 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis with Meningitis [PDF]

open access: yesPractical Neurology, 2002
A 25-year-old woman presented to the Centre for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a 1 month history of headache, fever, and vomiting. On examination her Glasgow coma score was 14/15. Her neck was stiff, and she had a right lateral rectus palsy (Fig. 1).
Thwaites, G, Farrar, J
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A rare case of miliary tuberculosis accompanying perihepatitis [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Perihepatic capsulitis is associated with various diseases, such as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, perforated cholecystitis, perforated hepatic abscess, and tuberculous peritonitis. Miliary tuberculosis is present in about 2% of
Ou Jun Kwon   +5 more
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Miliary tuberculosis in an immune‐competent Bangladeshi man—A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2023
Miliary tuberculosis is a disseminated and active form of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It frequently affects immunocompromised patients. However, immune‐competent hosts are reported rarely.
Susanta Kumar Paul   +4 more
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