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Case Reports
. 1992 Sep;81(9):725-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12347.x.

Miliary tuberculosis with acute respiratory failure and histiocytic hemophagocytosis. Successful treatment with extracorporeal lung support and epipodophyllotoxin VP 16-213

B Monier  1 , B Fauroux, J Y Chevalier, G Leverger, M Nathanson, J Costil, G Tournier
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Miliary tuberculosis with acute respiratory failure and histiocytic hemophagocytosis. Successful treatment with extracorporeal lung support and epipodophyllotoxin VP 16-213

B Monier et al. Acta Paediatr. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl with high fever, dyspnea and bilateral miliary nodules on chest X-ray, developed a rapidly progressive respiratory failure associated with histiocytic hemophagocytosis. Histologic examination of bone marrow biopsy revealed tuberculous granulomas with caseating necrosis. We report a pediatric case in which treatment with extracorporeal lung support and epipodophyllotoxin VP 16-213 was successful.

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