Miliary Tuberculosis: A Case Report Highlighting the Diagnostic Challenges Associated With the Condition

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 9; p. e29339
• Main Authors: Ilyas, Usman, Mahmood, Abrahim, Pansuriya, Amee M, Umar, Zaryab, Landry, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 19.09.2022
• Subjects: Abdomen; Anemia; Antibiotics; Antigens; Biopsy; Blood platelets; Blood tests; Bone marrow; Cardiovascular disease; Case reports; Colonoscopy; Coronary vessels; Diabetes; Edema; Ejection fraction; Emergency medical care; Feces; Fever; Granulomas; Hemodialysis; Hemoglobin; Hypertension; Immunoglobulins; Kidney diseases; Medical diagnosis; Nuclear medicine; Proteins; Pulmonary arteries; Tuberculosis; disseminated tuberculosis; granulomatous disease; miliary tuberulosis; mycobacterium avium-complex; granuloma; mycobacterium avium intracellulare; pancytopenia; mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; end stage renal disease (esrd)

End-stage renal disease requiring chronic dialysis is an immunocompromised state which increases the risk of tuberculosis development and its spread. Due to the high frequency of non-specific or "decoy" symptoms at presentation and frequent extrapulmonary involvement, diagnosis of tubercul...