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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:808
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Right atrial tuberculoma: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiac Surgery Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

Received for publication September 24, 2006; accepted for publication October 24, 2006.

^_* Address for reprints: Cornelia S. Carr, BSc, MB, BS, MS, FRCS(CTh), CCS Department, Hamad General Hospital, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. (Email: noahalkh@talk21.com).

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A 31-year-old Eritrean man presented with a 10-day history of fever, cough, and dyspnea. He was pyrexial and tachypneic with right lung crepitations and a discharging scrotal sinus. Chest radiography showed patchy consolidation of the right lower zone. Pneumonia was diagnosed, and antimicrobial therapy was started. Sputum was negative for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), and blood cultures grew Gram-positive cocci.

Computed tomography (Figure 1) showed massive . . . [Full Text of this Article]