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Myocardial tuberculosis is an infrequent disease. Until now, the diagnosis has largely been made at necropsy. Only a few reports describe the antemortem diagnosis of myocardial tuberculosis. We describe the MRI features in a 12-year-old boy with myocardial tuberculoma of the right atrium. He also had intracerebral tuberculoma. The diagnosis was later confirmed by biopsy.
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Jagia, P., Gulati, G.S., Sharma, S. et al. MRI features of tuberculoma of the right atrial myocardium. Pediatr Radiol 34, 904–907 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-004-1222-8
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