Dagaonkar Rucha S, Udwadia Zarir F
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC Veer Sawarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India.
Lung India. 2012 Jan;29(1):63-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.92367.
Tuberculosis has a variety of hematological manifestations. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. We present a case of disseminated tuberculosis with isolated thrombocytopenia. While TB granulomas in the bone marrow can themselves cause hematological abnormalities, persistent thrombocytopenia refractory to anti-TB therapy may be ITP associated with TB.