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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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Tuberculosis myocarditis: a case report
SS Danbauchi, VI Odigie, AH Rafindadi, GD Kalayi, I Mohammed
Departments of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
S S Danbauchi
Departments of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Nigeria
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A 35-year old man presented with fever, weight loss, drenching night sweats and symptoms of cardiac failure for three months. Examination revealed wasting, peripheral oedema, bilateral pleural effusion and constrictive pericarditis. A diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis with bilateral pleural effusion probably due to tuberculosis was made. Human immunodeficiency virus antibodies and six sputum for acidfast bacilli were negative. Electrocardiograph revealed low voltages globally and echocardiography showed global myocardial hypokinesia. He had pericardiectomy, pericardial and pleural histology was non-specific inflammatory reaction but myocardial histology showed granulomatous changes of tuberculous myocarditis. We suggest that in experienced hands myocardial biopsy could be useful in making the diagnosis. |
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