Case Report
Suspected Pericardial Tuberculosis Revealed as an Amyloid Pericardial Mass
Table 1
Routine laboratory investigations.
| Value | Admission | After surgery | |
| Hb | 13.4 | 8.0 | g/dl | MCV | 60.0 | 62.3 | fl | RBC | 7.31 | 4.36 | ×106/μl | WBC | 21.46 | 11.12 | ×103/μl | Neutrophils | 91.1 | 91.6 | % | Leucocytes | 3.6 | 3.7 | % | Monocytes | 4.6 | 4.1 | % | Eosinophils | 0.3 | 0.3 | % | Basophils | 0.5 | 0.3 | % | Platelets | 132 | 80 | ×103/μl | Creatinine | 1.44 | 1.85 | mg/dl | BUN | 46 | 68 | mg/dl | Na+ | 148 | 135 | mmol/l | K+ | 4.0 | 3.4 | mmol/l | Cl− | 112 | | mmol/l | Ca++ | 8.4 | | mg/dl | Glucose | 152 | | mg/dl | Tot. bil. | 5.5 | 9.10 | mg/dl | Direct | 3.5 | 5.20 | mg/dl | AST | 93 (×3.1) | Norm | Units/l | ALT | 119 (×1.6) | Norm | Units/l | GGT | 285 (×3.3) | Norm | Units/l | Tot. prot. | 6.7 | | g/dl | Albumin | 2.9 | 1.8 | g/dl | Amylase | 23 | | U/l | Lipase | 190 | | U/l | CRP | 132 | 195 | mg/l | PT INR | 1.81 | 1.79 | | aPTT | 1.05 | | | Fibrinogen | 368 | 405 | Mg/dl | cTnI | <0.01 | | ng/ml | NT-pro-BNP | 2901 | 1430 | pg/ml | Quantiferon | Negative | Negative | | Blood cultures | Negative | Negative | |
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