title: Simultaneous hydatid cysts of both the right atrium and right ventricle.
abstract: Hydatid disease in both chambers of the heart is very rare. Mobile right atrial and right ventricular hydatid cysts were diagnosed incidentally in the etiologic work up for a transient ischemic attack in a 77-year-old man with a history of a hepatic hydatid cyst operation. Transthoracic echocardiography was very successful in the diagnosis of both hydatid cysts. Transesophagial echocardiography and computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis. Both right atrial and right ventricular hydatid cysts were removed under cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent morbidities and potentially fatal complications.
authors.affiliation: TDV 29 Mayis Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. canerkvc@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Caner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Emir
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cantürk
authors.forename: Egemen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duygu
authors.forename: Ahmet Kürsat
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male