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Probable intracardiac tuberculoma in an HIV positive woman
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A 50 year old Zambian woman presented in August 1997 with fever and breathlessness. Echocardiography showed a left pleural effusion and a small pericardial effusion. Pleural fluid was exudative and lymphocytic, highly suggestive of tuberculosis. Culture for acid fast bacilli was negative. A clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis was …