A case of cardiac hydatidosis

British Journal of Anaesthesia
S LagleraA Urieta

Abstract

We present the case of a female patient with a diagnosis of hydatidosis located in the heart. Although echinococcosis is endemic to our country, very few cases of cardiac hydatidosis are normally reported. In our patient, the hydatid cyst was located in the septum and in the right ventricular cavity; it presented other unusual features, such as the fact that it was located exclusively in the heart, that it first manifested as anaphylactic shock of unknown origin and that it required immediate surgical treatment because of severe haemodynamic compromise.

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Jun 22, 2010·Revue de pneumologie clinique·N ZaghbaA Bahlaoui
Feb 23, 2007·Heart, Lung & Circulation·Ebru OzturkAli Vahip Temamogullari
Mar 5, 2009·The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology·Serafettin DemirciHatice Toy

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