| Literature DB >> 11473189 |
E Rodríguez1, R Soler, A Juffé, L Salgado.
Abstract
Tuberculosis can involve a multitude of organ tissues but generally affects the respiratory tract. Heart tuberculosis is rare, and the pericardium is the most common location reported in the literature, accounting for 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Isolated myocardial tuberculosis is a very unusual occurrence, with only a few case reports in the literature, usually diagnosed at necropsy. Findings of myocardial tuberculoma on cross-sectional images previously have not been reported. We present computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of an isolated calcified myocardial tuberculoma.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11473189 DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200107000-00012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Comput Assist Tomogr ISSN: 0363-8715 Impact factor: 1.826