Recurrent multiple cardiac hydatidosis.
Cardiac hydatid cyst is an uncommon disease. We report on a woman admitted to our clinic with chest pain and palpitations. The ECG showed anterior ischemia, and coronary anatomy was normal. The diagnosis was: multiple cardiac hydatid cysts, for which she had undergone surgery 4 years earlier for a 5 x 5 hydatid cyst and treated with albendazole. Despite this, there was a recurrence of multiple cysts. Recurrence of intracavitary hydatid cyst is rare, and surgical treatment of multiple, small cysts remains controversial.
Iltumur
Kenan
K
Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. kencan@dicle.edu.tr
Karabulut
Aziz
A
Toprak
Nizamettin
N
D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography