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A case of tuberculosis pericarditis with an interesting echocardiographic image
Kursat Arslan1, Ufuk Taner2, Suleyman Cagan Efe3
1Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul-Turkey. drkursatbugra@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Tuberculosis-associated pericardial disorders are an excessively rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The patients may present with constrictive pericarditis or pericardial fluid accumulation leading to cardiac tamponade. This paper reports a case of tuberculosis-associated pericardial effusion with dense fibrinous material not causing tamponade in a foreigner presenting with nonspecific symptoms. It also provides a discussion about the diagnostic and therapeutic methods as well as interesting echocardiographic images of the patient.
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