Pericarditis Tuberculous

Tuberculous pericarditis - Tuberculosis (tuberculous disease) is a chronic infectious disease caused by pathogenic mycobacteria. Pericarditis is an infectious and inflammatory lesion of the serous membrane surrounding the heart, the pericardium.

**Synonyms**: pericardial tuberculosis; cardiac tuberculosis; pericardosis of tuberculosis. The Turkish expression meshedha pericardia has the same meaning and means an acute form of tuberculosis. Roman-