title: Cardiac tamponade due to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis.
abstract: Pneumopericardium is rare in tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis. Much rarer is the association of pneumopericardium with cardiac tamponade. The case is reported of a 29-year-old patient in whom tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis resulted in a fatal tension pneumopericardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Campo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamarron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications*