[Cardiac tamponade caused by hydatid pericarditis].
We present the case of a woman with no previous clinical history of disease, that debuted with acute heart failure with symptoms of cardiac tamponade from hydatic pericarditis as a result of a fistula across the diaphragm secondary to a hydatidic cyst rupture in the liver. Cardiac hydatidosis is rare with an incidence in some series between 0.2-2% in humans infested with Echinococcus, affectation of the pericardia being rare. For this reason we present a revision of its pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and recommended treatment.
Solano Remírez
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Medicina Interna, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona.
Urbieta Echezarreta
M A
MA
Alvarez Frías
M T
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González Arencibia
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C
Llorente Díaz
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B
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D003964:Diaphragm; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous