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Hearts don't lie: Cardiac tuberculosis diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology.

Md Ali OsamaKavita GaurKiran AgarwalVikas YadavAnju SethPriya Setia
Published in: Tropical doctor (2023)
Cardiac involvement in tuberculosis is relatively rare when compared to other organs and often involves the pericardium leading to constrictive pericarditis. Myocardial tuberculoma is exceedingly rare and only seldom cases have yet been reported. Our report is of a case diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology.
Keyphrases
  • fine needle aspiration
  • ultrasound guided
  • left ventricular
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • hiv aids
  • heart failure
  • adverse drug
  • emergency department
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • high grade