Bicaval obstruction complicating right atrial tuberculoma:the diagnostic value of Cardiovascular MR

نویسندگان

  • Ibrahim Al-Nasser
  • Ashraf M Anwar
  • Youssef FM Nosir
  • Mohammed AR Chamsi-Pasha
  • Aref Ajam
  • Aymen Alqiriaqri
  • Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
چکیده

Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported. We describe the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of a rare case of cardiac tuberculoma involving the right atrium which was complicated by a bicaval obstruction. The patient made a remarkable improvement with the anti-tuberculous treatment. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported in relation to cardiac tuberculoma.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

دوره 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008