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[Two cases of tuberculous pericarditis--diagnostic difficulties]
1Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Płuc AM we Wrocławiu.
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Diagnosing the cause of pericarditis can be challenging. This study highlights how tuberculosis was confirmed in two patients with pericarditis through histopathology and tuberculin reactions, leading to appropriate treatment.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pathology
Background:
- Pericarditis presents diagnostic challenges, particularly in determining its etiological cause.
- Tuberculosis is a potential cause of pericarditis, requiring specific diagnostic approaches.
Abstract:
Some difficulties etiological diagnosis were presented in an example of two clinical cases. In the first patient with exudative pericarditis tuberculosis was determined in histopathological examination of lymph node (caseous necrosis). After antituberculotic treatment the majority of clinical symptoms was disappeared. In the second patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis the tuberculous etiology was accepted according to highly positive tuberculin reaction and signs of pericardial calcification. Patient was qualified to pericardiectomy.