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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1972;15(6):568-573. Published online June 30, 1972.

A Case of Tuberculous Pericarditis

Yae Talk Han¹, Min Ja Pai¹, Soon Young Kim¹, Sang Hyup Kim¹

¹Dept, of Pediatric, College of Medicine, Seoul National University

Abstract

A case of tubsrculous pericarditis is reported with a brief review of the literature. The patient was a 13-year-old female who was admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital because of dyspnea and mild fever. Although a tuberculin test was negative on her, the triple chemotherapy for tuberculosis was instituted and resulted in a marked improvement. However, on discontinuation of the terapy due to ignorance, the disease relapsed and the patient developed pericardial effusion. The diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis was suspected on physical examination and the X-ray study, and was confirmed by the intraperitoneal innoculation into a guinea-pig of the pericardial fluid.

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