Tuberculous Pericardial Effusion: Features, Tamponade, and Computed Tomography
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology
- Vol. 55 (4), 431-440
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000331970405500410
Abstract
The clinical features with particular reference to tamponade and mediastinal adenopathy were studied in tuberculous pericardial effusion. Tamponade is a frequent complication and the recognition of tuberculous etiology can be difficult. Involvement of the pericardium is mostly from mediastinal lymph nodes that have not been studied. This was a prospective cohort study. All patients had large effusions, and underwent pericardiocentesis and chest computed tomography. Patients with tuberculosis had specific therapy. Others with viral/idiopathic effusion served as controls for the computed tomography studies. There were 26 patients with tuberculosis: 18 had tamponade on echocardiography. All had symptoms. Fever (n=23) and dyspnea (n=20) were the most frequent presenting symptoms. Pericardial rub was heard in 14, and 3 had enlarged cervical or axillary nodes. Pulmonary tuberculosis was present in 6. Tuberculin skin test measured 17 ±3.3 mm. The biopsy specimen showed a granuloma in 22 of 24. All 26 had mediastinal lymph nodes >10 mm with a mean size of 19.5 ±8.6 mm that disappeared (81%) or regressed (19%) on treatment (pKeywords
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