Hydatid disease of the interventricular septum causing pulmonary dissemination

Pulmonary dissemination of a cardiac cyst is a rare condition. In the present study, we report a case of a 20-year-old patient with cardiac hydatosis located in the interventricular septum, which was previously diagnosed and treated as pulmonary hydatid disease. Diagnosis was made by spiral computed...

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Published inActa cardiologica Vol. 58; no. 5; p. 431
Main Authors Darçin, Osman Tansel, Kazaz, Hakki, Celkan, Adnan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.10.2003
Subjects
Adult
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - surgery
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
Heart Septum - diagnostic imaging
Heart Septum - parasitology
Heart Septum - surgery
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles - parasitology
Heart Ventricles - surgery
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Pulmonary dissemination of a cardiac cyst is a rare condition. In the present study, we report a case of a 20-year-old patient with cardiac hydatosis located in the interventricular septum, which was previously diagnosed and treated as pulmonary hydatid disease. Diagnosis was made by spiral computed tomography and treated surgically with median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass. Diagnosis and proper surgical excision of the cardiac hydatid cyst prevented potentially lethal complications such as cyst rupture with recurrent pulmonary dissemination and anaphylaxis.
ISSN:0001-5385
DOI:10.2143/AC.58.5.2005309