Textiloma mimicking a pericardial hydatid cyst: A case report

• Published in: Heart, lung & circulation Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 278 - 280
• Main Authors: Boutayeb, Alaae, Marmade, Lahcen, Laaroussi, Mohammed, Bensouda, Adil, Moughil, Said
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - diagnosis; Abnormalities, Multiple - pathology; Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery; Adolescent; Cardiovascular; Echinococcosis - diagnosis; Echinococcosis - pathology; Foreign Bodies - complications; Foreign Bodies - diagnosis; Foreign Bodies - pathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis; Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - diagnosis; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - pathology; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery; Humans; Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital - diagnosis; Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital - pathology; Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital - surgery; Male; Mediastinal Cyst - diagnosis; Mediastinal Cyst - pathology; Mediastinal Cyst - surgery; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - pathology; Neoplasms - surgery; Para-cardiac mass; Pericardium - pathology; Pericardium - surgery; Redo cardiac surgery; Textiloma; Upper Extremity Deformities, Congenital - diagnosis; Upper Extremity Deformities, Congenital - pathology; Upper Extremity Deformities, Congenital - surgery; Textiloma; Redo cardiac surgery; Para-cardiac mass
• ISSN: 1443-9506; 1444-2892
• DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.01.005

Textiloma is unusual and uncommon diagnosis which is rarely considered. We report the case of a 13 year-old patient with Holt-Oram syndrome. He was operated on in 2006 for ostium secundum atrial septal defect. The postoperative course was uneventful until 2010 when the child presented paroxysmal dyspnoea. Investigations revealed para-cardiac mass which was thought to be a hydatid cyst, but operative findings showed textiloma.