title: [Tumor in the right cardiac chambers. Regression after antitubercular treatment. Apropos of a case].
abstract: The authors report the case of a young patient with a tumour of the right atrium and right ventricular outflow tract without visceral complications but with multiple muscular and skin localisations. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made on biopsy of a suppurating skin lesion. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made on biopsy of a suppurating skin lesion. Anti-tuberculosis treatment resulted in regression of these tumours, especially the cardiac lesions, confirmed by transoesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie et de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, hôpital Avicenne, CHU Ibn-Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mesbahi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aouad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benabdeslam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lebbar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benomar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Tumeur des cavités cardiaques droites. Régression après traitement antituberculeux. A propos d'un cas.