Bicaval obstruction complicating right atrial tuberculoma:the diagnostic value of Cardiovascular MR

doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-60

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Bicaval obstruction complicating right atrial tuberculoma:the diagnostic value of Cardiovascular MR

Ibrahim Al-Nasser¹ , Ashraf M Anwar² , Youssef FM Nosir² , Mohammed AR Chamsi-Pasha⁴ , Aref Ajam² , Aymen Alqiriaqri³ and Hassan Chamsi-Pasha²

¹Department of Radiology*, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

²Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

³Department of Medicine, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

⁴Department of medicine, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10:60doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-60


Published:	20 December 2008

Abstract

Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported.

We describe the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of a rare case of cardiac tuberculoma involving the right atrium which was complicated by a bicaval obstruction. The patient made a remarkable improvement with the anti-tuberculous treatment. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported in relation to cardiac tuberculoma.