title: [Tuberculous myocarditis. Presentation of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: We report a case of a 22 year-old drug addict man with overt heart failure and cardiomegaly. The patient had no prior history of tuberculosis and not clinical features to suggest this diagnosis. Tuberculosis myocarditis was found at the necropsy. It is important to point out the frequency of this pathology, the uncommon clinical presentation of this case; as well as the lack of immunologic response to the tuberculous bacillus.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Cardiología Luis Méndez, Centro Médico Nacional, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de León-Peña
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stanislawsky-Mileant
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sáenz-Aguado
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Macías
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: González-Carmona
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bernal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000473:pathology*; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Miocarditis tuberculosa. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.