A Mysterious Effusion: Tuberculous Pericarditis

Nan-Chang Chiu; Shye-Jao Wu; Ming-Ren Chen; Chun-Chih Peng; Lung Chang; Hsin Chi; Chien-Yu Lin

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.020

A Mysterious Effusion: Tuberculous Pericarditis

J Pediatr. 2016 Jul:174:271-271.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.020. Epub 2016 May 4.

Authors

Nan-Chang Chiu¹, Shye-Jao Wu², Ming-Ren Chen¹, Chun-Chih Peng¹, Lung Chang¹, Hsin Chi¹, Chien-Yu Lin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

PMID: 27156183
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.020

No abstract available

Keywords: adjunctive corticosteroid therapy; constrictive pericarditis; effusive-constrictive pericarditis; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; tuberculosis; tuberculous pericarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
Child, Preschool
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Pericardial Effusion / drug therapy
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
Pericardial Effusion / surgery
Pericardiectomy / methods
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / diagnosis*
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / drug therapy
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / surgery
Pleural Effusion / drug therapy
Pleural Effusion / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Glucocorticoids