Key result
Surgical resection plus anti-tuberculosis therapy yields full recovery in rare myocardial tuberculoma.
Why the study?
Myocardial tuberculoma diagnosis is challenging due to its cardiac location and optimal treatment duration is unknown.
Population
An 18-year-old woman with multifocal tuberculosis including myocardial tuberculoma
Comparison
Open surgery plus nine months anti-tuberculosis drugs versus medical treatment alone
Design
Case report
Follow-up
Nine months
Authors
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May inform rare myocardial tuberculoma management; leaves open generalizability from single case report.
Case Report (n=1)
Myocardial tuberculoma is a rare condition that requires culture from infected tissue for diagnosis and can be successfully treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs, with surgery reserved for specific indications.
Säll et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Myocardial tuberculoma (n=1). Surgery and anti-tuberculosis drugs was evaluated on Recovery. An 18-year-old woman with a myocardial tuberculoma fully recovered after open surgery and nine months of anti-tuberculosis drug treatment.
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