Cardiac tuberculosis with multiple intracardiac masses: a case report.
In this report, clinical, echocardiographic, and pathologic findings of a patient with multiple masses caused by tuberculosis both in the left and right side of the heart are presented. After antituberculosis treatment some of the masses disappeared and some became smaller. Although an intracardiac mass caused by tuberculosis is very rare, it should be considered in the list of masses detected by echocardiography.
Ozer
Necla
N
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. neclaozer@hotmail.com
Aytemir
Kudret
K
Sade
Elif
E
Oto
Aytekin
A
Aksoy
Sercan
S
Engin
Hüseyin
H
Tokgözoğlu
Lale
L
Oto
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery