A case of tuberculosis pericarditis with an interesting echocardiographic image.

A case of tuberculosis pericarditis with an interesting echocardiographic image. Med Ultrason. 2018 May 02;20(2):247-249 Authors: Arslan K, Taner U, Efe SC, Ayca B, Karabag T 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. PMID: 29730693 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medical Ultrasonography - Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research