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Immune thrombocytopenia: A rare presenting manifestation of tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Ghobrial M.W.,
Albornoz M.A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.1093
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , immune thrombocytopenia , immune system , immunology , purpura (gastropod) , gamma globulin , dermatology , antibody , pathology , ecology , biology
We report the case of a 49 year‐old male who presented with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)‐induced epistaxis and generalized purpura. During the same hospitalization the patient was also found to have clinical, microbiological, histological, and roentgenographic evidence of disseminated mycobacterial tuberculosis (TB). The hematological and infectious abnormalities, which did not respond to high‐dose intravenous corticosteroids and immune globulin (IVIg), resolved after anti‐tuberculous treatment. Herein we review the characteristics of this rarely documented association. Am. J. Hematol. 67:139–143, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.