Key result
Ballyfermot task force proposes interim plan targeting heroin awareness, supply reduction, and expanded treatment.
Why the study?
Solitary intra-cardiac cavity tuberculoma is extremely rare and often only diagnosed post-mortem, highlighting diagnostic challenges in clinical practice.
Cardiac tuberculoma may obstruct right atrial outflow in immunocompromised patients; leaves open optimal antemortem diagnosis and management strategies.
Solitary intra-cardiac cavity tuberculoma is extremely rare and often only diagnosed during a post-mortem. We report a case of right atrial tuberculoma causing right atrial outflow tract obstruction in an immune-compromised man. The diagnosis of cardiac tuberculoma was made through the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA by tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction in the pericardial fluid. The patient succumbed five days after admission but an autopsy was refused by his family.
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Ngow et al. (2011) studied Heroin addiction. Community-based anti-drug strategies was evaluated. The Ballyfermot Drugs Task Force identified severe local heroin addiction and proposed an interim service plan focusing on awareness, supply reduction, and expanded treatment facilities.
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