title: Unusual presentation of a culture-positive right atrial mass.
abstract: We report a patient with a mass in the right atrium which led to pulmonary embolism. Postoperatively the mass was identified as a tuberculoma and it was culture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patient responded to modified antitubercular treatment and discharged from hospital in satisfactory condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India.
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.forename: Navin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: Ravi R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kasliwal
authors.forename: Yatin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trehan
keywords: Antemortem diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Myocardial tuberculosis; Right atrial tuberculoma
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