A Case of Acute Pericarditis in Patient with Miliary Tuberculosis

ABSTRACT

Acute pericarditis usually presents with chest pain and diffuse ST segment elevation on ECG. Several reports indicate that large numbers of patients with a diagnosis of acute pericarditis have elevated troponin I, a sensitive and highly specific marker for cardiac injury, and this suggests a high incidence of concomitant, otherwise, silent myocarditis. This case patient had elevated troponin I which is a biomarker of myocardial injury and injury pattern of ST segment elevation on ECG accompanied in military tuberculosis.