Case of tuberculous pericarditis presenting as a giant pericardial adhesion and masquerading as a pericardial tumour

SA Journal of Radiology

 
 
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Title Case of tuberculous pericarditis presenting as a giant pericardial adhesion and masquerading as a pericardial tumour
 
Creator Kisansa, Margaret E. Bida, Nndweleni M. Mutati, Pule Ramoroko, Peter S.
 
Subject Cardiac Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging; TB pericarditis
Description Chronic pericarditis characterised by adhesions between the parietal and visceral pericardium is called adhesive pericarditis. In South Africa, tuberculosis is the most common cause of chronic pericarditis. We report a case of adhesive pericarditis that mimicked a tumour.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Date 2018-09-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — N/A
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajr.v22i1.1359
 
Source South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 22, No 1 (2018); 3 pages 2078-6778 1027-202X
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa 2016 N/A
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Margaret E. Kisansa, Nndweleni M. Bida, Pule Mutati, Peter S. Ramoroko https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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