A Clinical Case of Tuberculosis Pericarditis Associated with HIV Infection and COVID-19
А. В. Мордык, I. Yu. Kalinina, I. I. Kotov, Н.В. Багишева
Abstract
The article describes a clinical case of tuberculosis pericarditis associated with HIV infection and COVID-19. The patient underwent additional examination due to abnormalities on his X-ray. Large volume of effusion, its lymphocytic nature, bilateral pleural effusion and bilateral infiltration in the upper lobes of both lungs, intrathoracic lymphoadenopathy were indicative tuberculosis etiology of the disease; the diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by morphological tests. COVID-19 was detected post mortem.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineTuberculosisCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PericarditisPericardial effusionEtiologyPleural effusionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)PathologyEffusionDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineVirologySurgeryPericarditis and Cardiac TamponadePneumothorax, Barotrauma, EmphysemaCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair