Fever and Pancytopenia in a Liver Transplant Recipient: Going Against the Rules of Occam's Razor

oleh: Lionel Hon Wai Lum, MBBS, Fei Wen Chen, MBBS(Hons), Louise Jackett, FRCPA, Simone I. Strasser, MD, Rebecca J. Davis, BMBS

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01

Deskripsi

Abstract. The syndrome of fever and pancytopenia is not infrequently encountered postliver transplant, and a broad differential list of infectious and noninfectious aetiologies can be invoked. A transplant patient is susceptible to more than 1 opportunistic infection or disease process. We described the diagnostic conundrums in managing our patient who ran a complex protracted course postliver transplant. He was diagnosed to have both disseminated tuberculosis and graft-versus-host disease, a rare complication after solid organ transplantation.