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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Bicaval obstruction complicating right atrial tuberculoma: the diagnostic value of cardiovascular MR
Ibrahim Al-Nasser1, Ashraf M Anwar, Youssef F M Nosir
1Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. alnasser@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported. We describe the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of a rare case of cardiac tuberculoma involving the right atrium which was complicated by a bicaval obstruction. The patient made a remarkable improvement with the anti-tuberculous treatment. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported in relation to cardiac tuberculoma.
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