Complete atrio-ventricular block due to cardiac echinococcosis.
A 33-year-old man presented a complete antrio-ventricular block due to two hydatid cysts localized in the interventricular septum and interrupting both bundle branches. Intracardiac rupture within the right ventricle led to extensive pulmonary hydatidosis and death.
D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography