Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting with tubercular myocarditis and shock in an adolescent child

Involvement of the heart in children with tuberculosis (TB) generally affects the pericardium; however, the myocardium of a child being affected alone and leading to systolic heart dysfunction has rarely ever been reported. We report a case of a 12-year-old child who presented to Pediatric Emergency...

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Main Authors: Dinkar Yadav, Geeta Gathwala, Anita Saxena, Kapil Bhalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_548_24
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