Hydatid cysts of the bilateral pulmonary arteries and left ventricle wall: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
Echinococcal cysts located inside the pulmonary artery are extremely rare. The cause is usually rupture of intracardiac cysts or, more rarely, dissemination from a hepatic focus. The case of a 39-year-old patient with multiple hydatid cysts in the right and left pulmonary arteries and left ventricle wall is reported. The patient had undergone surgery for a hepatic hydatid cyst 10 years ago. Multidetector computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed for the diagnostic evaluation.
Tercan
Fahri
F
Department of Radiology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
Kacar
Nazan
N
Kilic
Dalokay
D
Oguzkurt
Levent
L
Turkoz
Riza
R
Habesoglu
Mehmet Ali
MA
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000469:parasitology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed