Tuberculous pericardial abscess with impending pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade

Saulat Hasnain Fatimi; Faheem-ul-Haq; Fatima Jalil; Marium Muzaffar; Hashim Muhammad Hanif

Tuberculous pericardial abscess with impending pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade

Saulat Hasnain Fatimi, Faheem-ul-Haq, Fatima Jalil, Marium Muzaffar, Hashim Muhammad Hanif

Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

The case of a 59 year male with acute tuberculous pericardial abscess who presented with cough, dyspnoea, haemoptysis, signs of Tamponade and a large Pleural Effusion is reported. Performing Pericardiocentesis did not improve his symptoms hence he was subjected to surgery. Acute tuberculous pericardial abscess was the diagnosis made after histopathology which was successfully managed with sternotomy along with drainage of pus.

Original language	English (UK)
Pages (from-to)	286-287
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume	61
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Cardiac tamponade
Tuberculous pericardial abscess

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Tuberculous pericardial abscess with impending pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade

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