RESUMO

We report a case of a 22 year-old drug addict man with overt heart failure and cardiomegaly. The patient had no prior history of tuberculosis and not clinical features to suggest this diagnosis. Tuberculosis myocarditis was found at the necropsy. It is important to point out the frequency of this pathology, the uncommon clinical presentation of this case; as well as the lack of immunologic response to the tuberculous bacillus.

Assuntos

Pericardite Tuberculosa/patologia , Tuberculose Cardiovascular/patologia , Adulto , Autopsia , Humanos , Masculino