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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Masood A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651129 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20171008
There have been anecdotal reports of tuberculous cardiac involvement, mainly in cases of military tuberculosis or immune deficient individuals. The spectrum of clinical presentations of tuberculous cardiac involvements includes incidental detection of single and multiple well-circumscribed tuberculomas, symptomatic obstructive lesions, AV conduction abnormalities, and even sudden death. We present a case of cardiac tuberculoma in an immune-competent person who presented with worsening dyspnea. T ...[more]