Isolated cardiac cysticercosis in an adolescent.
Cardiac cysticercosis is a rare and typically asymptomatic infection. We report a case of a young man from Cameroon with a left ventricular cyst discovered during a screening echocardiogram. Computed tomography and plain films did not reveal additional cysts. Serology was negative. The patient had the cyst surgically removed for suspected echinococcosis. Sectioning demonstrated a cysticercus. The literature on cardiac cysticercosis is reviewed.
Eberly
Matthew D
MD
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. meberly@usuhs.mil
Soh
Eugene K
EK
Bannister
Sean P
SP
Tavaf-Motamen
Houman
H
Scott
John S
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D002163:Cameroon; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed