A Vanishing Cardiac Mass |
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| Authors: | Moayad M Alqurashi Ahmed Alsaileek Thamer H Alenazi Basel M Alhaijani Ahmed Aljizeeri |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; bKing Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City –National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; cCollage of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; dKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is very common in the Middle East; however, myocardial involvement is among the most infrequent manifestations of extrapulmonary TB. We present a young adult who was incidentally found to have a large right atrial tuberculoma, diagnosed by non-invasive cardiac imaging and effectively treated with standard first-line anti-TB treatment, steroids, and anticoagulation. This case is a classical presentation of nodular myocardial involvement of TB, highlighting advantages of advanced imaging, e.g., cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and multidisciplinary treatment. |
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| Keywords: | Tuberculosis Cardiac mass Cardiac magnetic resonance Saudi Arabia |
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