Open AccessDiffuse infiltrative cardiac tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Gurpreet Singh Gulati,
Shyam Sunder Kothari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.79635
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardium , cardiac magnetic resonance , tuberculosis , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , radiology , cardiology
We present the cardiac magnetic resonance images of an unusual form of cardiac tuberculosis. Nodular masses in a sheet-like distribution were seen to infiltrate the outer myocardium and pericardium along most of the cardiac chambers. The lesions showed significant resolution on antitubercular therapy.