title: Hydatid cysts of the bilateral pulmonary arteries and left ventricle wall: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tercan
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kacar
authors.forename: Dalokay
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oguzkurt
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turkoz
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Habesoglu
mesh_terms: 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