title: [Hydatic pulmonary embolism complicating a cardiac hydatic cyst. A case report].
abstract: Hydatic pulmonary embolism: complication of a cardiac hydatic cyst:a case report hydatic cardiac cyst is a rare condition and represents only 0.5 to 2% of all visceral localisations of the hydatid disease. We reported a 28 year old patient with a multiple hydatic pulmonary embolism caused by the rupture of a hydatic cyst of the interventricular septum. The diagnosis was established by transthoracic echocardiography and CT Scan. Surgery was performed without delay and the outcome was good after a five month follow-up. This case illustrates the diagnostic value of the non invasive imaging means in hydatic cyst of the heart and underlines the importance of surgery realized before complications occur.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Hôpital Abderrahmane Mami Ariana.
authors.forename: Ikram
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kammoun
authors.forename: Afef
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Halima
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chine
authors.forename: Olfa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chaabane
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zouaoui
authors.forename: Balsam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rebeh
authors.forename: Hend
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keskes
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gargouri
authors.forename: Abdellatif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lefi
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamzaoui
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kachboura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology*