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.
Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. kencan@dicle.edu.tr
Kenan
K
Iltumur
Aziz
A
Karabulut
Nizamettin
N
Toprak
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