Heart Views (Jan 2010)

Tricuspid valve endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser masquerading as pulmonary tuberculosis

  • Prashanth Panduranga,
  • Mohammed Al-Mukhaini,
  • Kadhim Sulaiman,
  • Seif Al-Abri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.76805
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
pp. 121 – 124

Abstract

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Intravenous drug abuse contributes to considerable illness burden in developed and developing countries. Tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVE) is rare in Middle East countries, though many reports of it in intravenous drug abusers are found in other countries. We describe a case of TVE mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis in a 33-year-old man with a history of intravenous heroin use.

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