Disseminated tuberculosis masquerading primary myelodysplastic syndrome
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Case Report Disseminated tuberculosis masquerading primary myelodysplastic syndrome
Tuberculosis is notoriously known to be a great mimicker of other diseases and may cause various haematologic abnormalities, especially with marrow involvement. A 61-year-old man who presented with right empyema and pancytopenia was diagnosed to have disseminated tuberculosis supported by the presence of caseating granuloma with Langhan’s giant cells in the marrow and demonstration of acid-fast...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2691