
Capper, Garon and Harold Stewart (Amer. J. Das. Child. 44, pp. 798-805)
Author(s) -
T. Charbet
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj89859
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardium , surgery
Capper, Garon and Harold Stewart report (Amer. J. Das. Child. 44, pp. 798-805) of a case of primary myocardial tuberculosis with an unaffected pericardium. The case refers to a 3 year old. a black woman without a tuberculous history. With progressive emaciation and anemia, transient meningism and terminal seizures, the disease ended fatally in two months. On the section: caseous masses and cavities in the left lung, caseous decay of the mammary and abdominal lymph glands.