pericardial tuberculosis
MONDO:0005903Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pericardial tuberculosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium) due to mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (pericardial effusion), compression of the heart (cardiac tamponade), and preventing normal beating of the heart.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005903), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
2 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Pericardial constrictionMondoHP:0005132
- Pericardial effusionMondoHP:0001698
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: pericardial tuberculosis
- Also called
- tuberculous pericarditis