Granulomatous tubercular myocarditis: a rare cause of heart failure in the young

Cardiol Young. 2013 Oct;23(5):740-1. doi: 10.1017/S1047951113000723.

Abstract

Granulomatous myocarditis is a rare disease of the heart. The present case highlights a potentially life-threatening and rare tubercular involvement of the myocardium in a young woman in the form of granulomas and abscess.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Humans
  • Myocarditis / complications
  • Myocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications
  • Ultrasonography
  • Young Adult