title: Bicaval obstruction complicating right atrial tuberculoma: the diagnostic value of cardiovascular MR.
abstract: Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported. We describe the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of a rare case of cardiac tuberculoma involving the right atrium which was complicated by a bicaval obstruction. The patient made a remarkable improvement with the anti-tuberculous treatment. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported in relation to cardiac tuberculoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. alnasser@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Nasser
authors.forename: Ashraf M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.forename: Youssef F M
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Nosir
authors.forename: Mohammed A R
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
authors.forename: Aref
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ajam
authors.forename: Aymen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alqiriaqri
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000995:Antitubercular Agents