title: A case of tuberculous pericardial effusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Elderly Medicine, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax HX3 0YP, UK. a.suman@ukgateway.net
authors.forename: Appukuttan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suman
authors.forename: Jawahar L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sarin
authors.forename: Simon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Talal A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Bazaraa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents