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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2019

Tuberculous pericarditis mimicking multiple tumors in pericardial effusion.

Caie Li, Qiming Zhao, Xiangyang Wu, Jing Yu

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caie Li1 Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6268-3327
Qiming Zhao2 Department of Cardiac Surgery ICU, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Xiangyang Wu3 Second Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Jing Yu4 Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lanzhou University Second Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis is still the leading cause of pericardial disease in developing nations. A definite diagnosis of tuberculosis is usually relatively difficult, especially when its manifestations are not typical. We report a 19-year-old man who presented with chest obstruction, shortness of breath, edema of the lower extremities, and mild fever for 14 days. The manifestations of tuberculosis pneumonia were not typical, except for a small high-density shadow in the left upper lung field near the pleura, with a small amount of pleural effusion on chest computed tomography. The tuberculin skin test, acid-fast stain of sputum and pericardial effusion, and bacterial culture showed negative results. Echocardiography showed three free-floating irregular masses in a large amount of pericardial effusion. The masses and exudates were removed by pericardiectomy. The masses were composed of hyperplastic granulation tissue and dead tissue without a normal architecture, mixed with numerous caseous substances, which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. This is a unique report of a patient who presented with tuberculous pericarditis with multiple solid masses in a large amount of pericardial effusion, without typical clinical manifestations of tuberculosis.

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Diagnosis, DifferentialEchocardiographyHumansMaleNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryPericardial EffusionPericardiectomyPericarditis, TuberculousTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung Adultcardiac tamponadecaseous granulomafeverpericarditispneumoniaTuberculosis

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PMID30898056
PMCPMC6567750
OpenAlexW2922858998

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