TY - JOUR
T1 - Tuberculous endocarditis
T2 - Valvular and right atrial involvement
AU - Sultan, Fateh Ali Tipoo
AU - Fatimi, Saulat
AU - Jamil, Bushra
AU - Moustafa, Sherif E.
AU - Mookadam, Farouk
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - Valvular endocarditis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. It is usually manifest in the context of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. This report describes a unique case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent man with an incidental finding of tuberculous valvular endocarditis. The patient had a large mass on the anterior mitral leaflet and severe mitral regurgitation. He underwent mitral valve replacement and mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the valve vegetation and the right atrial masses. Post-operative recovery has been uneventful without relapse for 24 months.
AB - Valvular endocarditis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. It is usually manifest in the context of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. This report describes a unique case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent man with an incidental finding of tuberculous valvular endocarditis. The patient had a large mass on the anterior mitral leaflet and severe mitral regurgitation. He underwent mitral valve replacement and mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the valve vegetation and the right atrial masses. Post-operative recovery has been uneventful without relapse for 24 months.
KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW - Right atrium tuberculoma
KW - Valvular endocarditis
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U2 - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep202
DO - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep202
M3 - Article
C2 - 20007719
AN - SCOPUS:77951990575
SN - 1525-2167
VL - 11
SP - E13
JO - European Journal of Echocardiography
JF - European Journal of Echocardiography
IS - 4
ER -
