Open AccessConstrictive pericarditis in a renal transplant recipient with tuberculosis
Author(s) -
P Sreejith,
Sachin Kuthe,
Vivekanand Jha,
Harbir Singh Kohli,
Manish Rathi,
KL Gupta,
Vinay Sakhuja
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.70849
Subject(s) - medicine , constrictive pericarditis , pericarditis , pericardial effusion , tuberculosis , renal transplant , pleural effusion , kidney transplantation , effusion , cardiology , surgery , kidney , pathology
Tuberculosis is a common cause of pericarditis in the developing countries and constrictive pericarditis is a serious sequel. There are only three cases of constrictive pericarditis in kidney transplant recipients previously reported in literature. Here, we report a case of constrictive pericarditis developing in a renal transplant recipient while on antituberculous therapy for tuberculous pleural effusion.