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Intra‐Cavitary Masses: Rare Presentation of a Common Illness in SAARC Nation
Author(s) -
Islam AKM Monwarul,
Gupta Rakesh,
Majumder Abdullah A. S.,
Paul Tapesh K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13155
Subject(s) - tuberculoma , intracardiac injection , medicine , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , surgery , cardiology , pathology
Cardiovascular tuberculosis ( TB ) is a relatively uncommon manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. TB can affect all three layers of the heart; endocardial tuberculoma is the rarest form. Endocardial tuberculoma, when it occurs, can easily be confused with other common causes of intracardiac mass lesions, especially in echocardiography. Timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment is essential, as only this can lessen the associated morbidity and mortality. Here, a case of cardiovascular TB has been described in a middle‐aged woman from the SAARC nation; the woman presented with simultaneous pericardial constriction and multichamber endocardial tuberculoma. Combined pharmacological and surgical approach was successful.