Constrictive pericarditis in a renal transplant recipient with tuberculosis | Zendy

V. Sakhuja | Zendy; P Sreejith | Zendy; Shilpa S. Kuthe | Zendy; Vivekanand Jha | Zendy; Harbir Singh Kohli | Zendy; Manish Rathi | Zendy; KL Gupta | Zendy

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Constrictive pericarditis in a renal transplant recipient with tuberculosis

Author(s) -

V. Sakhuja,

P Sreejith,

Shilpa S. Kuthe,

Vivekanand Jha,

Harbir Singh Kohli,

Manish Rathi,

KL Gupta

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

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.

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