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May 18, 2009Cases JournalOpen Access

Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis with concurrent active pulmonary tuberculous infection: a case report

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Population

1 patient with tuberculous constrictive pericarditis concurrent with active pulmonary tuberculous infection…

Design

Case_report

Authors

YLYen‐Wen LiuNational Cheng Kung University HospitalHTHuey‐Ru TsaiSin-Lau Christian HospitalWLWen-Huang LiNational Cheng Kung University Hospital

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Implication

Suggests combined therapy for tuberculous constrictive pericarditis with active pulmonary TB; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

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Population
1 patient (63-year-old Taiwanese man) with tuberculous constrictive pericarditis concurrent with active pulmonary tuberculous infection presenting with right heart failure symptoms
I
Intervention
Pericardial stripping and anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy
O
Outcome
Cure of the patient

Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis can present concurrently with active pulmonary TB and is effectively treated with pericardial stripping and anti-TB chemotherapy.

Cite This Study

Liu et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a8a3d176d2ac34cfbe67bhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-7010
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