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Volume 4 Issue 6 (November - December, 2016)

Case Reports

A HEART CAGED IN TUBERCULOSIS
NS Neki, Gagandeep Singh Shergill, Amritpal Singh, Amanpreet Kaur

Though pericardial calcification is not a frequently associated chest X-ray feature in constrictive pericarditis but when present, it can be a “diagnosis clinching” classic finding. Here we are presenting a Chest X-ray picture of a middle aged man which showed rim of pericardial calcification encasing the heart, giving an appearance of a “Caged Heart.” During admission, the patient was diagnosed to be a acidfast bacilli positive case of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Keywords: Caged Heart; Pericardial calcification; Tubercular constrictive pericarditis

 
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