Krostrup Maria, Ravn Pernille
Medicinsk Afdeling, Herlev Hospital, Germany.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2013 Feb 25;175(9):589-90.
We report a case where tuberculous pericarditis was diagnosed in a 46-year-old man with Turkish background. The patient had typical symptoms of tuberculosis in the form of chest pain, cough and breathlessness and systemic symptoms such as fever, weight loss and fatigue. An echocardiography showed pericardial effusion, and diagnosis was confirmed by culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from gastric aspirate and lymph node biopsy. Since there is an efficient cure for this potentially deathly infection it is of great importance to find the specific diagnose, and it is important that all physicians are aware of this disease.
我们报告了一例在一名有土耳其背景的46岁男性中诊断出结核性心包炎的病例。该患者有胸痛、咳嗽和呼吸困难等典型结核病症状以及发热、体重减轻和疲劳等全身症状。超声心动图显示有心包积液，通过胃抽吸物中结核分枝杆菌培养及淋巴结活检确诊。由于这种潜在致命感染有有效的治疗方法，因此明确诊断非常重要，且所有医生都了解这种疾病也很重要。
