CT and MR findings in a calcified myocardial tuberculoma of the left ventricle.
Tuberculosis can involve a multitude of organ tissues but generally affects the respiratory tract. Heart tuberculosis is rare, and the pericardium is the most common location reported in the literature, accounting for 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Isolated myocardial tuberculosis is a very unusual occurrence, with only a few case reports in the literature, usually diagnosed at necropsy. Findings of myocardial tuberculoma on cross-sectional images previously have not been reported. We present computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of an isolated calcified myocardial tuberculoma.
Rodríguez
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Department of Radiology, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain.
Soler
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Juffé
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Salgado
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L
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology