LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMOID REACTION OF THE BLOOD ASSOCIATED WITH MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS

Two cases of miliary tuberculosis that were diagnosed clinically as lymphocytic leukemia are presented. Both cases had evidence of chronic tuberculosis which was of 43 years’ duration in Case 1 and of 28 years’ duration in Case 2. Both patients had granulocytopenia and anemia.

Autopsy findings revealed no evidence of leukemic infiltration, but a diffuse miliary tuberculosis, involving all of the hematopoietic tissues, existed in both Cases.