Capper, Garon and Harold Stewart (Amer. J. Das. Child. 44, pp. 798-805)

Abstract

Capper, Garon and Harold Stewart report (Amer. J. Das. Child. 44, pp. 798-805) of a case of primary myocardial tuberculosis with an unaffected pericardium. The case refers to a 3 year old. a black woman without a tuberculous history. With progressive emaciation and anemia, transient meningism and terminal seizures, the disease ended fatally in two months. On the section: caseous masses and cavities in the left lung, caseous decay of the mammary and abdominal lymph glands.