Myocardial tuberculosis is a rare cause of congestive heart failure that should be suspected in patients with TB features, as it represents a potentially curable form of cardiomyopathy.
Case Report (n=1)
Myocardial tuberculosis is a rare but potentially curable cause of congestive heart failure that should be suspected in patients with features of TB.
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a common public health problem in many parts of the world. TB is generally believed to spare these four organs-heart, skeletal muscle, thyroid and pancreas. We describe a rare case of myocardial TB diagnosed on a post-mortem cardiac biopsy. CASE PRESENTATION: Patient presented with history suggestive of congestive heart failure. We describe the clinical presentation, investigations and outcome of this case, and review the literature on the involvement of myocardium by TB. CONCLUSION: Involvement of myocardium by TB is rare. However it should be suspected as a cause of congestive heart failure in any patient with features suggestive of TB. Increasing recognition of the entity and the use of endomyocardial biopsy may help us detect more cases of this "curable" form of cardiomyopathy.
Agarwal et al. (Wed,) conducted a case report in Tuberculous dilated cardiomyopathy (n=1). Myocardial tuberculosis is a rare cause of congestive heart failure that should be suspected in patients with TB features, as it represents a potentially curable form of cardiomyopathy.