Girit Saniye, Polatoğlu Esra, Şenol Ebru, Ceyran Hakan, Çoban Kökten Şermin
Department of Child Health and Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. 2018 Apr 30;26(2):312-315. doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.14909. eCollection 2018 Apr.
Tuberculosis and hydatid cyst are still major health problems in developing countries. Co-existence of these two infections is also seen commonly. In this article, we present a 15-year-old-girl patient who applied with cardiac tamponade accompanied by pleural and pericardial effusion and was diagnosed as pericardial hydatid cyst and pericardial tuberculosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case with such feature reported in the literature.
结核病和包虫囊肿仍是发展中国家的主要健康问题。这两种感染并存的情况也很常见。在本文中,我们介绍了一名15岁女孩患者,她因心包填塞伴胸腔和心包积液前来就诊,被诊断为心包包虫囊肿和心包结核。据我们所知,这是文献中报道的首例具有这种特征的病例。