Simultaneous hydatid cysts of both the right atrium and right ventricle.
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.
Arslan
Caner
C
TDV 29 Mayis Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. canerkvc@yahoo.com
Cantürk
Emir
E
Duygu
Egemen
E
Bozkurt
Ahmet Kürsat
AK
D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male