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Miliary Tuberculosis [PDF]

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 Tuberculosis Diagnosed After Repeated Sputum Smear Examinations Despite Negative Results at a Referral Tuberculosis Center: The Importance of Maintaining Clinical Suspicion. [PDF]

J Gen Fam Med
ABSTRACT An 88‐year‐old woman with back pain was found to have destructive changes at T9/T10 and diffuse micronodular pulmonary opacities suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. At two referring hospitals, six sputum smears and two interferon‐gamma release assays were negative.
Kabeya K, Mouri K, Someko H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors of Miliary Tuberculosis in a High Tuberculosis Burden Area

Annals of Medicine
Background Miliary Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important infectious disease that threatens human health. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of miliary TB are summarized in this study.Methods The clinical information of miliary TB ...
Xiaolin Wei, Suji Wu
exaly   +3 more sources

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, Doan-Van Ngoc, MD, PhD, Nguyen Ngoc Trung, MD, PhD, Nguyen-Van Sang, MD, PhD, Tran Phan Ninh, MD, PhD, Tran-Van Giang, MD, Thieu-Thi Tra My, MD, Tran Hoa, MD, PhD, Nguyen Minh Duc, MD, MSc   +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
doaj   +1 more source

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, Reimi Mizushima, Yukihisa Takeda, Kazutoshi Toriyama, Yusuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba   +6 more
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All Signs Point to Cancer: A Case of Cryptic Miliary Tuberculosis in the Setting of Concomitant Cancer

Case 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, Sue Min Sophia Kwon, Michael T. Ulrich   +2 more
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Ground-glass opacity as a paradoxical reaction in miliary tuberculosis: A case report and review of the literature

IDCases, 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, Takeshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Kusakabe, Naoki Yamamoto, Kensaku Aihara, Shinpachi Yamaoka, Michiaki Mishima   +6 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis in Adults [PDF]

BMJ, 1969
Of 40 adults with miliary tuberculosis 24 had “overt” disease; in them miliary mottling was usually present on the chest radiograph, and tubercle bacilli were readily isolated from sputum, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. In the remaining 16 patients the disease was termed “cryptic” because its usual clinical and radiographic features were absent.
A T, Proudfoot, A J, Akhtar, A C, Douglas, N W, Horne   +3 more
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis and Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia: A Case of Hickam's Dictum. [PDF]

Med J Aust
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 34‐year‐old male with persistent fever, ascites, thrombocytosis and clinical deterioration despite broad‐spectrum therapy who was ultimately diagnosed with peritoneal tuberculosis and concurrent chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Al-Timimi Z, Chew G, Browne M, Mostert C.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources