title: A hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum diagnosed incidentally by multislice computed tomography.
abstract: Cardiac involvement of the hydatid disease is uncommon. In this report a case of 54-year-old patient with a hydatid cyst in the interventricular septum was presented. The cyst was detected incidentally by cardiac multislice computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiographic appearances of the cyst raised the suspicion of cardiac echinococcosis. The patient was referred to surgery immediately for the removal of the cyst in order to prevent the potentially life threatening complications. The postoperative period was uneventful and she was discharged on albendazole therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. timurselcuk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M Timur
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Omac
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tufekcioglu
authors.forename: Kazim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baser
authors.forename: Nilgun Isiksalan
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Ozbulbul
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Birincioglu
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed