title: Tuberculous pericarditis: a diagnostic quandary.
abstract: Tuberculous pericarditis is uncommon in the Western world, and can prove a diagnostic quandary in that confirmation of the diagnosis and culture of mycobacteria can be difficult. We present a case of tuberculous pericarditis where endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle biopsy of a pathological lymph node provided the diagnosis after other methods of investigation had proved futile.
authors.affiliation: Ward 2, Department of Infectious Diseases, Monklands District General Hospital, Airdrie ML6 0JS, Scotland, UK. keithgillis@hotmail.co.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dundas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging