title: Infected myocardial hydatid cyst imitating left ventricular aneurysm.
abstract: We report a case of infected intracardiac hydatid cyst in a patient who had complaints of chest pain, exertional dyspnea, palpitation, evening fever and fatigue. Echocardiography demonstrated a left ventricular apical cystic mass in 7 cm diameter. Magnetic resonance imaging and hemagglutination test confirmed the diagnosis. Single capsulated cyst full of pus was surgically removed by using cardio-pulmonary bypass. Histopathological examination revealed an infected hydatid cyst. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and the patient remains free of symptoms after one year of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yuzuncu Yil University School of Medicine, Van, Turkey. vkutay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kutay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ekim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology