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Aga Khan University

Internal Medicine, East Africa

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2008

Medicine

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Images In Cardiovascular Medicine. Cardiac Tuberculoma., Jeilan Mohamed, Matthias Schmitt, Gerry Mccann, Joan Davies, Joseph Leverment, Derek Chin Feb 2008

Images In Cardiovascular Medicine. Cardiac Tuberculoma., Jeilan Mohamed, Matthias Schmitt, Gerry Mccann, Joan Davies, Joseph Leverment, Derek Chin

Internal Medicine, East Africa

A 43-year–old man with a 6-month history of cough, dyspnea, nocturnal sweats, and weight loss was reviewed in the clinic. Clinical examination revealed cervical lymphadenopathy and indicated constrictive physiology. Initial tests, including chest radiography, sputum examination, QuantiFERON-TB Gold test, and lymph node biopsy, were unyielding. HIV serology was nonreactive.