Login / Signup

Tuberculous pericarditis with tamponade diagnosed concomitantly with COVID-19: a case report.

Shiun Woei WongJessica Ke Xuan NgYew Woon Chia
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2020)
This case highlights the difficulty in detecting a concomitant rare but important disease. The development of massive pericardial tamponade acutely is not pathognomonic for COVID-19, and a careful diagnostic process involving multi-modality imaging occurred to arrive at a diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • high resolution
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • hepatitis c virus
  • photodynamic therapy
  • electronic health record