Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

Abstract

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: We are presenting a rare case of a child with tuberculous calcific constrictive pericarditis METHODS: Investigations revealed presence of the disease and surgery was performed as pericardiectomy. RESULTS: Recovery after surgery was remarkable and the symptoms ameliorated quickly. CONCLUSION: A presentation of a very rare condition of constrictive pericarditis in a child without involvement of the lungs and other organs by the disease