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ArticleCureus2024

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Ganglionic Tuberculosis: An Unlikely Link.

Henrique Atalaia Barbacena, Miguel Esperança-Martins, Inês Matias Lopes, Leonor Branquinho, Patrícia Howell Monteiro

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Henrique Atalaia BarbacenaInternal Medicine, Santa Maria's Hospital, Local Health Unit of Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.
Miguel Esperança-MartinsOncology, Santa Maria's Hospital, Local Health Unit of Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.
Inês Matias LopesInternal Medicine, Santa Maria's Hospital, Local Health Unit of Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.
Leonor BranquinhoPathology, Santa Maria's Hospital, Local Health Unit of Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.
Patrícia Howell MonteiroInternal Medicine, Santa Maria's Hospital, Local Health Unit of Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading infectious causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Either in its pulmonary (PTB) or extrapulmonary forms (EPTB), TB has a wide variety of manifestations, including hematological ones like thrombocytosis (especially in PTB) and thrombocytopenia (mainly with disseminated or miliary TB). Hematological manifestations are infrequently presenting features of TB, and within them, immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)-associated TB is one of the rarest presenting features. We report a case of a 22-year-old woman with a diagnosis of ganglionic tuberculosis (GTB) presenting with ITP. The therapeutic approach was challenging and included the use, originally, of intravenous immunoglobulin 30 mg/day for five days and, posteriorly, of high-dose corticosteroids (dexamethasone 40 mg/day) and anti-tubercular therapy with satisfactory outcomes.

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extrapulmonary tuberculosis (eptb)ganglionic tuberculosisimmune mediated thrombocytopenic purpura (itp)lymphatic tuberculosisthrombocytopenia

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PMID38989326
PMCPMC11235399

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