CHRONIC DISSECTION OF THE THORACIC AORTA IN A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOUS PLEUROPERICARDITIS

Authors
NACHEGA JB VANDERCAM B DUDEKEM Y VERHELST R JACQUET L DION R GOENEN M
Citation
Jb. Nachega et al., CHRONIC DISSECTION OF THE THORACIC AORTA IN A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOUS PLEUROPERICARDITIS, Acta Clinica Belgica, 53(1), 1998, pp. 53-54
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Acta Clinica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015512
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
53 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5512(1998)53:1<53:CDOTTA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We describe a case of chronic dissection of thoracic aorta presumed to be due to tuberculosis from pleuro-pericarditis foci and who was cure d by antituberculous therapy and surgery. With the recent increase of tuberculosis cases, tuberculous aortitis might become less rare and th e clinicians should suspect this diagnosis in subjects with aortic dis section and history of tuberculosis.