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The common findings in echo are as follows
The common findings in echo are as follows
* Pericardial thickening
*Pericardial thickening
* Pericardial effusion classified as mild, moderate and severe
*Pericardial effusion classified as mild, moderate and severe
* Exudative deposits with echo dense mass around epicardium.
*Exudative deposits with echo dense mass around epicardium.
* Fibrin strands from pericardium protruding or crossing the pericardial space.<ref name="pmid15486140">{{cite journal| author=George S, Salama AL, Uthaman B, Cherian G| title=Echocardiography in differentiating tuberculous from chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion. | journal=Heart | year= 2004 | volume= 90 | issue= 11 | pages= 1338-9 | pmid=15486140 | doi=10.1136/hrt.2003.020081 | pmc=PMC1768544 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15486140  }} </ref>
*Fibrin strands from pericardium protruding or crossing the pericardial space.<ref name="pmid15486140">{{cite journal| author=George S, Salama AL, Uthaman B, Cherian G| title=Echocardiography in differentiating tuberculous from chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion. | journal=Heart | year= 2004 | volume= 90 | issue= 11 | pages= 1338-9 | pmid=15486140 | doi=10.1136/hrt.2003.020081 | pmc=PMC1768544 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15486140  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Echocardiography or Ultrasound can be helpful in patients who develop pericardial effusion secondary to TB.[1]

Echocardiography

Patients with HIV have a high susceptibility for extra pulmonary tuberculosis including tuberculous pericarditis. Echocardiography is a good tool in diagnosing this extra pulmonary manifestation.

The common findings in echo are as follows

  • Pericardial thickening
  • Pericardial effusion classified as mild, moderate and severe
  • Exudative deposits with echo dense mass around epicardium.
  • Fibrin strands from pericardium protruding or crossing the pericardial space.[2]

References

  1. Kil UH, Jung HO, Koh YS, Park HJ, Park CS, Kim PJ; et al. (2008). "Prognosis of large, symptomatic pericardial effusion treated by echo-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis". Clin Cardiol. 31 (11): 531–7. doi:10.1002/clc.20305. PMID 19006110.
  2. George S, Salama AL, Uthaman B, Cherian G (2004). "Echocardiography in differentiating tuberculous from chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion". Heart. 90 (11): 1338–9. doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.020081. PMC 1768544. PMID 15486140.

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