A case of tuberculous pericardial effusion.
We report a case of an 80-year-old caucasian female in the UK who presented with weight loss and was found to have a pericardial effusion. There was neither previous exposure to tuberculosis nor any suggestion of immunosuppression. Repeated analysis of pericardial fluid established a tuberculous origin. Search of medical literature did not reveal any similar cases in the elderly in the UK.
Suman
Appukuttan
A
Department of Elderly Medicine, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax HX3 0YP, UK. a.suman@ukgateway.net
Sarin
Jawahar L
JL
Grant
Simon C
SC
Bazaraa
Talal A
TA
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011859:Radiography
D000995:Antitubercular Agents