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Case Reports
. 2019 Jul 4;12(7):e230420.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230420.

Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

Neiberg de Alcantara Lima  1 , Danielli Oliveira da Costa Lino  2 , Naiana Medeiros Coelho  3 , Thomas Melgar  4
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Case Reports

Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

Neiberg de Alcantara Lima et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular medicine; pericardial disease; tb and other respiratory infections.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
(A) Chest CT—bilateral pleural effusion, moderate pericardial effusion and significant pericardial thickening. (B) Surgical findings—pericardial thickening.
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Figure 2
Photomicrograph from a biopsy specimen of the pericardium shows chronic granulomatous pericarditis with caseous necrosis suggestive of tuberculous pericarditis (H&E).
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