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CASE REPORT
Year : 2010  |  Volume : 11  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 121-124

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


1 Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
2 Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Correspondence Address:
Prashanth Panduranga
Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, PB 1331, Muscat-111
Sultanate of Oman
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.76805

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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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