title: Suppurated mediastinal and cardiac echinococcosis: report of a case.
abstract: We herein report the case of a suppurated mediastinal and cardiac hydatid cyst which occurred after the initial treatment of the patient for a primary mediastinal hydatid cyst in a radiology department. Both extracorporeal circulation and total circulatory arrest were used during the operation. We believe that surgery is the only feasible treatment for hydatid cysts located in the mediastinum, and surgery should be urgently performed whenever a possible rupture is suspected in order to avoid a possible anaphylactic reaction, mediastinal suppurations leading to serious complications, and growth into the pleural cavity.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, 42080 Meram, Konya, Turkey.
authors: Niyazi
authors: N
authors: Gormus
authors: Kadir
authors: K
authors: Durgut
authors: Ufuk
authors: U
authors: Ozergin
authors: Hasan
authors: H
authors: Solak
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed