title: [Radioclinical profile of cardiopericardial hydatid: report of 17 cases].
abstract: Hydatid cysts concerning the heart are rare, accounting for 0.5 to 2% of all hydatic sites. The risk of serious complications in this location makes rapid diagnosis and surgical treatment essential. The aim of our study is to clarify the role of imaging in the diagnosis of the disease and to propose an adequate strategy. We report on 17 patients who underwent surgery for cardiopericardial hydatid cyst in the cardiovascular and thoracic unit of Sahloul hospital in Sousse from January 1988 to December 1998. Clinical investigation included in all cases chest X ray, ECG and ultrasonography (US). A computed tomography (CT) scan was performed in 14 cases, magnetic resonance imaging in three cases, transesophageal US in five cases, and coronary angiography in fsix cases. Examination for other hydatic sites was realized in all cases, and brain CT was performed in four cases. The hydatid cyst was variably localized in the left ventricle wall (five cases), the right ventricle (five cases), the pericardium (five cases), the interventricular septum (four cases), the right auricle (one case) and the left auricle (one case). The existence of other cardiac hydatid sites was found in 12 cases. All patients underwent surgery. Outcome was favorable in 14 cases, with a mean of 3 years and 5 months survey. Three patients died. The combination US-CT scan allowed a precise topographical inventory, reducing the need for MRI to the complicated cases and to the rare cases of inconclusive results by US-CT scan.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie, hôpital Sahloul, 4011 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mrad Dali
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tlili
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Romdhani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gharbi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ennabli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeddi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D011859:Radiography