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oa Tuberculosis Presenting as Immune Thrombocytopenia: A case report and review of the literature
- Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2006, Issue 1, Jun 2006, 20
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- 01 June 2006
Abstract
Various hematological abnormalities commonly occur in active tuberculosis (TB) but thrombocytopenia is exceed-ingly rare and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is reported in only a few cases. A 28-year-old male pre-sented with thrombocytopenia-induced epistaxis and gen-eralized purpura that did not respond to intravenous im-munoglobulin but did resolve after antituberculous treat-ment The characteristics of this rarely documented asso-ciation are reviewed.
© 2006 Kakil, Mubarak, Al Suob, Burney, Al Azawi, Aboudi, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.