A case of disseminated tuberculosis complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) was reported.
The 75-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of anorexia and dyspnea. Six years before entry, left nephrectomy was performed under the diagnosis of chronic pyelitis. Several days before admission malaise, anorexia, dyspnea and chills developed. On entry she appeared acutely ill, was dyspneic, cyanotic, subicteric and moderately dehydrated. The temperature was 37.3°C, the pulse 106, the respiration 36, and the blood pressure 96 mmHg of systolic. On physical examination ecchymosis was noted on the right upper arm and no adenopathy nor hepato-splenomegaly noted. The lungs were clear, and the heart size was normal, the rhythm was rapid and regular; no murmur was heard. A chest film showed ill-defined infiltration in the right middle field but no micronodular interstitial densities were seen. Hematological findings revealed slight degree of erythrocytosis (535×10
4/mm
3), moderate leukopenia (3,300/mm
3, with 7 per cent myelocytes and 37 per cent metamyelocytes) and thrombocytopenia (8.7×10
4/mm
3). An aspirate of sternal marrow was hypocellular, showed the presence of granuloma and acid-fast bacteria by histological studies of the clot section. Coagulation studies revealed marked decrease of fibrinogen, prolongation of prothrombin time and Kaolin partial thromboplastin time together with positive FDP in the serum, which was suggestive of the presence of DIC. Severe disfunction of the liver and kidney was showed by laboratory findings. The gangrene of the right hand appeared on the 2nd day and developed, while the platelet count decreased to 2.4×10
4/mm
3 on the 3rd day. Despite heparin therapy she died on the 4th day.
Postmortem examination revealed the presence of extensive miliary tuberculosis with early granuloma formation. In addition there was hemorrhagic erosion of the duodenal bulb, while fibrin thrombus formation was noted in this portion and the lung.
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