title: Left atrial impression due to lymphadenopathy in an HIV seropositive patient infected with tuberculosis.
abstract: We describe a unique case of a 37-year-old patient who was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis co-infection due to a cardiac involvement that consisted in atrial fibrillation as a consequence of a compression of the left atrium by a giant necrotic lymphadenopathy and a pericardial effusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Saint Pierre, Rue Haute 322, Brussels, Belgium. m_d_corina@yahoo.com
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mirica
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jahjah
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vandenbossche
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography