Cardiac tuberculosis with multiple intracardiac masses: a case report

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Jul;15(7):756-8. doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.119846.

Abstract

In this report, clinical, echocardiographic, and pathologic findings of a patient with multiple masses caused by tuberculosis both in the left and right side of the heart are presented. After antituberculosis treatment some of the masses disappeared and some became smaller. Although an intracardiac mass caused by tuberculosis is very rare, it should be considered in the list of masses detected by echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / surgery