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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Navigating Diagnostic Dilemmas in Cardiology: A Rare Case Report of Tuberculosis Presenting as a Cardiac Abscess.

Fariba Bayat, Sepideh Jame Bozorgi, Mohammad Khani, Mehrdad Jafari Fesharaki, Abdoulhamid Bagheri, Elham Farahani

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Fariba BayatShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Tehran Iran.
Sepideh Jame BozorgiCardiology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-5931
Mohammad KhaniCardiovascular Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Mehrdad Jafari FesharakiDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-2623
Abdoulhamid BagheriShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Tehran Iran.
Elham FarahaniCardiology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Tehran Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but important extrapulmonary form of TB that often presents diagnostic challenges due to nonspecific symptoms and its ability to mimic other cardiac conditions. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease secondary to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) who presented with fever and a seizure-like episode. Initial investigations identified a cardiac mass located in the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and a cavitary lung lesion. Although sputum PCR tests for

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cardiac tuberculosisextrapulmonary tuberculosisgranulomatosis with polyangiitisimmunocompromised patientsmitral‐aortic intervalvular abscessnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation

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PMID41064604
PMCPMC12500525

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