Korean Circ J.  1987 Mar;17(1):189-194. 10.4070/kcj.1987.17.1.189.

A Case of Pericardial Tuberculoma

• Kim DW
• Jeon IS
• Song KJ
• Kim SH

• KMID: 1938256
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1987.17.1.189

Abstract

We have experienced a case of pericardial tuberculoma, a very rare disease, with massive pericardial effusion in a 63-year-old veteran. He wdimensional echocardiography. Computed tomographic scans confirmed the presence of a pericardial mass and clinically unsuspected "lung mass". The presence of the lung mass led us a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. Surgery confirmed the pericardial mass which revealed tuberculosis by patholohy and loculated pleural effusion at the major fissure, so-called "phantom tumor", not a lung mass.

MeSH Terms

Echocardiography
Humans
Lung
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion
Pleural Effusion
Rare Diseases
Tuberculoma*
Tuberculosis
Veterans