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

Dilber, E; Erduran, E; Kalyoncu, M; Aynaci, FM; Okten, A; Ahmetoglu, A

doi:10.1080/00365540210147840

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

Dilber E., Erduran E., Kalyoncu M., Aynaci F., Okten A., Ahmetoglu A.

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.34, no.9, pp.689-692, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 34 Issue: 9
Publication Date: 2002
Doi Number: 10.1080/00365540210147840
Journal Name: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.689-692
Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.