2010, Number 593
Pericarditis tuberculosa con derrame pericárdico
Hechavarría MA, Mora HGA
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 293-296
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ABSTRACT
Pericarditis is rare manisfestation of tuberculosis and can be fatal. We describe a 57- year-old female with no known history of cardiac disease admitted for a large pericardial effusion. There was neither previous exposure to tuberculosis nor any suggestion of immunosuppression. Repeated analysis of pericardial fluid established a tuberculous origin.