A complicated case of pericardial hydatid cyst manifesting as constrictive pericarditis.
Although cardiac involvement with hydatid cyst is quite rare as a major complication, constrictive pericarditis is even less common. A 55-year-old man is presented in whom a hydatid cyst located in the right cardiophrenic angle anterior to the right ventricle ruptured into the pericardial sac, resulting in constrictive pericarditis.
Karadede
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Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. akaradede@hotmail.com
Ulgen
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Temamogullari
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Toprak
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery