Myelofibrosis: An unusual presentation of disseminated tuberculosis
Sharma N, Bikkina SV, Gupta M, Tahlan A
International journal of mycobacteriology · 2020-04
Abstract
Disseminated tuberculosis (DTB) often presents with protean clinical manifestations that often leads to potential diagnostic dilemmas. The nonspecific features may include pyrexia of unknown origin, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, meningitis, and a variety of hematological abnormalities, namely anemia, pancytopenia, and leukemoid reaction. Tuberculosis is one of the nonhematopoietic diseases that has been reported in conjunction with myelofibrosis. We, hereby, report a case of DTB with massive splenomegaly, severe pancytopenia, and marrow fibrosis.
MeSH terms
- Bone Marrow
- Humans
- Tuberculosis, Miliary
- Pancytopenia
- Splenomegaly
- Antitubercular Agents
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Fatal Outcome
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Primary Myelofibrosis