Clinically Primary Tuberculous Pericarditis

Article1 December 1947CLINICALLY PRIMARY TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITISTHEODORE R. STEPMAN, M.D., EDWIN OWYANG, M.D.THEODORE R. STEPMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWIN OWYANG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-6-914 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTuberculosis of the pericardium is a more common finding for the pathologist than for the clinician. It more often occurs in the presence of demonstrable active tuberculous lesions elsewhere in the body, notably the lungs. Less frequently it occurs as a "primary" tuberculosis of the pericardium, or as a "clinically primary" tuberculosis of the pericardium. It is in the latter two that the etiological agent is frequently unsuspected. 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