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. 1987 Sep;63(743):801–804. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.743.801

The significance of pancytopenia in miliary tuberculosis.

B J Hunt 1, V Andrews 1, K W Pettingale 1
PMCID: PMC2428536  PMID: 3444806

Abstract

Patients with miliary tuberculosis accompanied by a pancytopenia rarely survive their disease. If the peripheral blood picture does recover it has been taken as an indication that there is no underlying haematological disease, and so re-examination of the bone marrow is not performed. A case is described where resolution of the pancytopenia occurred but a persisting haematological disease remained. Aspects of haematological disease associated with tuberculosis are discussed.

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