A case report of a 24-year-old male with a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion |
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Authors: | JIN Jia-Lin YANG Fei-Fei ZHANG Wan-Qin ZHANG Wen-Hong |
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Institution: | JIN Jia-Lin,YANG Fei-Fei,ZHANG Wan-Qin,ZHANG Wen-Hong Department of Infectious Diseases,Huashan Hospital,Fudan University,Shanghai 200040,China |
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Abstract: | Although bloody pericardial effusion often suggests neoplasia, such an event is not rare in tuberculosis (TB), especially in those countries with a high TB disease burden. Meanwhile, TB accounts for 50% and greater than 90% of large pericardial effusions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative and HIV-positive patients, respectively. Here we report a case of a 24-year-old HIV-negative male who presented with fever and hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. The patient was given presumptive anti-TB treatme... |
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Keywords: | Adult Hemorrhagic tuberculous pericarditis Tuberculosis |
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