A case of tuberculosis pericarditis with an interesting echocardiographic image

• Published in: Medical ultrasonography Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 247 - 249
• Main Authors: Arslan, Kursat, Taner, Ufuk, Efe, Suleyman Cagan, Ayca, Burak, Karabag, Turgut
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romania Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Adenosine; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics, Antitubercular - therapeutic use; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Biopsy; Computed tomography; Diagnosis, Differential; Dyspnea; Echocardiography - methods; Ethambutol - therapeutic use; Female; Fluids; Heart; Humans; Image contrast; Image enhancement; Isoniazid - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Patients; Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging; Pericardial Effusion - drug therapy; Pericardial Effusion - microbiology; Pericarditis, Tuberculous - complications; Pericarditis, Tuberculous - diagnostic imaging; Pericarditis, Tuberculous - drug therapy; Pulmonary arteries; Rifampin - therapeutic use; Streptomycin - therapeutic use; Tuberculosis
• ISSN: 1844-4172; 2066-8643
• DOI: 10.11152/mu-1366

Tuberculosis-associated pericardial disorders are an excessively rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The patients may present with constrictive pericarditis or pericardial fluid accumulation leading to cardiac tamponade. This paper reports a case of tuberculosis-associated pericardial effusion with dense fibrinous material not causing tamponade in a foreigner presenting with nonspecific symptoms. It also provides a discussion about the diagnostic and therapeutic methods as well as interesting echocardiographic images of the patient.