Engelsk titel: Pericardial tuberculosis is still an important differential diagnosis in Denmark
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Författare:
Krogstrup, Maria
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Ravn, Pernille
Email: mariabreum@hotmail.com
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 4
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UI-nummer: 13047178
Sammanfattning
We report a case where tuberculous pericarditis was diagnosed in a 46-year-old man with Turkish background. The patient had typical symptoms of tuberculosis in the form of chest pain, cough and breathlessness and systemic symptoms such as fever, weight loss and fatigue. An echocardiography showed pericardial effusion, and diagnosis was confirmed by culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from gastric aspirate and lymph node biopsy. Since there is an efficient cure for this potentially deathly infection it is of great importance to find the specific diagnose, and it is important that all physicians are aware of this disease.