Diagnostic Challenge: A Pericardial Mass in Disguise

Teo Jia Ing; Menaka Mahendran; Liew Houng Bang

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.4231

Diagnostic Challenge: A Pericardial Mass in Disguise

Authors

Teo Jia Ing
Menaka Mahendran
Liew Houng Bang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.4231

Keywords:

pericardium, tuberculous pericarditis

Abstract

Pericardial mass is relatively rare and usually caused by malignancy; seldom by inflammatory or infectious diseases. Herein, we report a case of pericardial mass which eventually was treated as tuberculous pericarditis.

Author Biographies

Teo Jia Ing

Department of Cardiology,
Hospital Queen Elizabeth II,
Sabah, Malaysia.

Menaka Mahendran

Department of Cardiology,
Hospital Queen Elizabeth II,
Sabah, Malaysia.

Liew Houng Bang

Department of Cardiology,
Hospital Queen Elizabeth II,
Sabah, Malaysia.

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8_BJMS, VOL.17 (Suppl.), MARCH 2023

Published

2023-01-31

How to Cite

Teo Jia Ing, Menaka Mahendran, & Liew Houng Bang. (2023). Diagnostic Challenge: A Pericardial Mass in Disguise. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 14–15. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.4231

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2023: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, (SUPPL.), MARCH 2023

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