Key result
Case report highlights three rare cardiovascular TB manifestations including nodular myocarditis, endocarditis, and coronary arteritis.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular tuberculosis manifests mainly as pericardial effusions or constrictive pericarditis, while other cardiovascular structures are rarely involved.
Case Report (n=3)
Cardiovascular tuberculosis can rarely present as nodular myocarditis, infective endocarditis, or coronary arteritis, beyond the typical pericardial involvement.
Tuberculosis as a disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Although lungs are the favoured sites of infection and disease, extra-pulmonary involvement also occurs. Cardiovascular disease manifests mainly as effusions transitioning to constrictive pericarditis in some cases; other structures are rarely involved. We report three uncommon manifestations in the form of nodular tuberculous myocarditis, tuberculous infective endocarditis and tuberculous coronary arteritis.
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Vaideeswar et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Cardiovascular tuberculosis (n=3). Three uncommon manifestations of cardiovascular tuberculosis were reported: nodular tuberculous myocarditis, tuberculous infective endocarditis, and tuberculous coronary arteritis.
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