Literature DB >> 24023479

Unusual presentation of a culture-positive right atrial mass.

Smita Sarma1, Navin Kumar, Sunil Sharma, Manish Bansal, Ravi R Kasliwal, Yatin Mehta, Naresh Trehan.   

Abstract

We report a patient with a mass in the right atrium which led to pulmonary embolism. Postoperatively the mass was identified as a tuberculoma and it was culture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patient responded to modified antitubercular treatment and discharged from hospital in satisfactory condition.

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Keywords:  Antemortem diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Myocardial tuberculosis; Right atrial tuberculoma

Year:  2013        PMID： 24023479      PMCID： PMC3758083          DOI： 10.1016/j.jcdr.2013.02.009

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Cardiovasc Dis Res        ISSN： 0975-3583


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Authors:  Abdul M Alkhulaifi; Cornelia S Carr
Journal:  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg       Date:  2007-03       Impact factor: 5.209

2.  Intramyocardial tuberculosis--a rare underdiagnosed entity.

Authors:  Xolani Njovane
Journal:  S Afr Med J       Date:  2009-03

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Journal:  Cardiol J       Date:  2011       Impact factor: 2.737

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Authors:  E Rodríguez; R Soler; A Juffé; L Salgado
Journal:  J Comput Assist Tomogr       Date:  2001 Jul-Aug       Impact factor: 1.826

5.  Tuberculous endocarditis: valvular and right atrial involvement.

Authors:  Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan; Saulat Fatimi; Bushra Jamil; Sherif E Moustafa; Farouk Mookadam
Journal:  Eur J Echocardiogr       Date:  2009-12-10

6.  Intracardiac left atrial tuberculoma in an eleven-month-old infant: case report.

Authors:  M Cantinotti; M De Gaudio; M de Martino; N Assanta; R Moschetti; G Veneruso; M Crocetti; B Murzi; E Chiappini; L Galli
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2011-12-30       Impact factor: 3.090

7.  Case report: Myocardial tuberculosis-MRI.

Authors:  Rashmi Dixit; Veena Chowdhury; Sapna Singh
Journal:  Indian J Radiol Imaging       Date:  2009-02
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