Presentation of pericardial hydatid cyst as acute cardiac tamponade

Summary We report a case of a 47-year-old man with isolated pericardial hydatid cyst (without myocardial involvement) that presented as acute pericardial tamponade. After initial investigation and transthoracic echocardiography, emergent pericardial drainage was performed for downgrading the urgency...

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Published inAsian journal of surgery Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 175 - 177
Main Authors Bogdanovic, Aleksandar, Radojkovic, Milan, Tomasevic, Ruzica Jankovic, Pesic, Ivan, Petkovic, Tatjana Radjenovic, Kovacevic, Predrag, Rancic, Zoran
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Elsevier Taiwan 01.03.2017
Elsevier
Subjects
acute cardiac tamponade
Acute Disease
Albendazole - administration & dosage
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging
Chest Pain - diagnosis
Chest Pain - etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Drainage - methods
Dyspnea - diagnosis
Dyspnea - etiology
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - surgery
Echocardiography
Emergency Treatment
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
hydatid disease
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardiocentesis - methods
pericardium
Pericardium - diagnostic imaging
Pericardium - pathology
Pericardium - surgery
Risk Assessment
Surgery
Thoracotomy - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Treatment Outcome
pericardium
acute cardiac tamponade
hydatid disease
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Summary:Summary We report a case of a 47-year-old man with isolated pericardial hydatid cyst (without myocardial involvement) that presented as acute pericardial tamponade. After initial investigation and transthoracic echocardiography, emergent pericardial drainage was performed for downgrading the urgency of a definitive treatment for a hydatid cyst. A computed tomography examination after the pericardial drainage showed a pericardial cyst without heart muscle involvement, making the treatment possible through anterior thoracotomy and without performing cardiopulmonary bypass. Complete surgical removal of the cyst was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient received postoperative albendazole treatment. He remained asymptomatic and no recurrence was observed during a 1-year follow-up period.
ISSN:1015-9584
0219-3108
DOI:10.1016/j.asjsur.2013.10.001