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The Constricted Heart: A 31-Year-Old Man with a Case of Constrictive Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep
Patient: Male, 31-year-old Final Diagnosis: Constrictive pericarditis • tuberculosis Symptoms: Constitutional symptoms • dyspnea • pleuritic chest pain Clinical Procedure: Pericardiectomy Specialty: Cardiac Surgery • Cardiology • Infectious Diseases ...
Olakunle OE, Tobin RS, Guynn N, Osabutey A, Younker M, Khan M, Mosunjac M, Ward AF, Ogunniyi MO.   +8 more
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The clinical application value and the imaging characteristic of 18F-FDG PET/CT in tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Tuberculous pericarditis is the most common cause of pericardial disease in tuberculosis-endemic areas. Accurate and early diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis is crucial due to its high mortality; however, the diagnostic accuracy of current ...
Xiaoqing Du, Feng Zhu, Qian You
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Rare concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculous pericarditis and pleuritis accompanied with lung silicosis [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis could affect many organs beside lung airway and parenchyma. The mycobacterium tuberculosis can invade area such as the pleural and pericardium by lymphogenic, hematogenic, or direct infection.
Yulia Devina Suci, Ariani Permatasari, Winariani Koesomoprodjo   +2 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculous Pericarditis: What Is New? [PDF]

Curr Cardiol Rep, 2020
Purpose of Review This review provides an update on the immunopathogenesis of tuberculous pericarditis (TBP), investigations to confirm tuberculous etiology, the limitations of anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT), and recent efficacy trials. Recent Findings A
Isiguzo G, Du Bruyn E, Howlett P, Ntsekhe M.   +3 more
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A Case of Crohn's Disease with Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Tuberculous Pericarditis: Assessment of a Rare Phenomenon. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel), 2021
A 28-year-old woman was hospitalized for cardiac tamponade caused by tuberculous pericarditis. She was taking ustekinumab (UST) for Crohn’s disease. UST is not considered to significantly increase the risk of developing serious infections, including ...
Tominaga K, Tanaka T, Kanazawa M, Watanabe S, Nemoto R, Abe K, Kanamori A, Yamamiya A, Goda K, Kushima Y, Chibana K, Masawa T, Fukuda T, Hibi T, Irisawa A.   +14 more
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Partial pericardiectomy for refractory acute tuberculous pericarditis: A case report. [PDF]

Int J Surg Case Rep, 2023
Fernandes AL, Dinato FJ, Veronese ET, de Almeida Brandão CM, Aiello VD, Jatene FB.   +5 more
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Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2017
Tuberculous pericarditis can impair the heart's function and cause death; long term, it can cause the membrane to fibrose and constrict causing heart failure. In addition to antituberculous chemotherapy, treatments include corticosteroids, drainage, and surgery.To assess the effects of treatments for tuberculous pericarditis.We searched the Cochrane ...
Wiysonge CS, Ntsekhe M, Thabane L, Volmink J, Majombozi D, Gumedze F, Pandie S, Mayosi BM.   +7 more
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A case of treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis of tuberculous etiology

Вестник медицинского института «Реавиз»: Реабилитация, врач и здоровье
An observation from practice is given tuberculous constrictive pericarditis, which has been occurring for a long time with symptoms of polyserositis without identifying of etiology.
R. V. Tarasov, E. V. Krasnikova, S. S. Cadovnikova, D. N. Prokhodtsov, A. S. Khozikov, M. A. Bagirov   +5 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade: Role of Echocardiography. [PDF]

J Med Cases, 2023
Tuberculous pericarditis, a rare but potentially lethal manifestation of tuberculosis, poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in clinical practice.
Khatun N, Akivis Y, Ji B, Chandrakumar HP, Bukharovich I, John S.   +5 more
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Clinical Application of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-RNA Assay of Pericardial Tissue Specimens in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist, 2023
Purpose To assess the accuracy of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-RNA assay using pericardial tissue specimens for tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) diagnosis. Methods MTB culture and MTB-RNA assay were performed for patients with suspected TBP.
Zhang J, Bu C, Yao L, Xu K.
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