Summary: Disseminated Tuberculosis

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Involvement of multiple organs and especially the reticuloendothelial system can also produce a clinical presentation similar to disseminated tuberculosis; thus cases of HLH secondary to tuberculosis can easily be missed if the entire illness is attributed to tuberculosis alone. Although unusual, secondary HLH should be ruled out in patients with disseminated tuberculosis, especially in the presence of

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