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A case of tuberculous pericardial effusion
Appukuttan Suman1, Jawahar L Sarin, Simon C Grant
1Department of Elderly Medicine, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax HX3 0YP, UK. a.suman@ukgateway.net
Age and Ageing
|July 10, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of an 80-year-old caucasian female in the UK who presented with weight loss and was found to have a pericardial effusion. There was neither previous exposure to tuberculosis nor any suggestion of immunosuppression. Repeated analysis of pericardial fluid established a tuberculous origin. Search of medical literature did not reveal any similar cases in the elderly in the UK.