Patient with a rare tuberculous form of constrictive pericarditis

Pericarditis is a relatively rare heart disease. In our conditions, the most common etiological agent is viruses. Rarer agents include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, more typical in developing countries. Complications are not frequent, but the most common complications of pericarditis include the formation of an effusion, the development of cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis or the development of myopericarditis. We present the case of a 52-year-old patient indicated for total pericardectomy for tuberculous constrictive pericarditis.