Left atrial impression due to lymphadenopathy in an HIV seropositive patient infected with tuberculosis

Abstract

We describe a unique case of a 37-year-old patient who was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis co-infection due to a cardiac involvement that consisted in atrial fibrillation as a consequence of a compression of the left atrium by a giant necrotic lymphadenopathy and a pericardial effusion. All rights reserved. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2012.