Case report of a 50-year-old man presenting with pleuritic chest pain, palpitations, and systemic symptoms.
Supports empiric therapy for suspected pericardial TB when proof is elusive; leaves open optimal diagnostic thresholds in high-suspicion cases.
A previously healthy 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of sharp pleuritic chest pain on the left side, dry cough, and palpitations and a 4-week history of intermittent fevers, chills, anorexia, weight loss, and fatigue.
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