Pancardiac tuberculosis - a case report.
Tuberculous involvement of the heart though not common has been reported in literature. Pericardium is commonly involved followed by the myocardium. Endocardial involvement is rare. We would like to report a case of a 14-year-old female with florid and extensive involvement of all the layers of the heart by tuberculosis.
Department of Pathology, TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai, 400 008. Electronic address: drshilpaklad@yahoo.com.
Shilpa K
SK
Lad
Department of Pathology, TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai, 400 008.
Gayathri
G
Amonkar
D000293:Adolescent; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology*
Pancardiac; Tuberculosis