Intracardiac left atrial tuberculoma in an eleven-month-old infant: case report

BACKGROUND: Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually manifests as tuberculous pericarditis. Involvement of other part of the heart is unusual and descriptions in the pediatric literature are confined to few case reports regarding mainly myocardial tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case...

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Autores principales: M, Cantinotti, M, De Gaudio, M, de Martino, N, Assanta, R, Moschetti, G, Veneruso, M, Crocetti, B, Murzi, E, Chiappini, L, Galli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22208878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-359
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually manifests as tuberculous pericarditis. Involvement of other part of the heart is unusual and descriptions in the pediatric literature are confined to few case reports regarding mainly myocardial tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of pulmonary miliary tuberculosis associated with intracardiac left atrial tuberculoma in an immunocompetent eleven-month-old infant successfully treated with surgery and antituberculous therapy. CONCLUSION: Although unusual, involvement of endocardium in disseminated tuberculosis should be kept in mind.

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