Cardiovascular tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively uncommon manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. TB can affect all three layers of the heart; endocardial tuberculoma is the rarest form. Endocardial tuberculoma, when it occurs, can easily be confused with other common causes of intracardiac mass lesions, especially in echocardiography. Timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment is essential, as only this can lessen the associated morbidity and mortality. Here, a case of cardiovascular TB has been described in a middle-aged woman from the SAARC nation; the woman presented with simultaneous pericardial constriction and multichamber endocardial tuberculoma. Combined pharmacological and surgical approach was successful.
Keywords: cardiovascular; endocarditis; pericarditis; tuberculosis.
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