title: [Rare cause of pulmonary embolism in a child].
abstract: Cardiac hydaticyst is a rare condition and accounts for only 0.5 to 2% of all visceral locations of hydatid disease. The objective of this study was to point out the main clinical, radiological, and disease-course characteristics of this rare and serious pathology. We report a 13-year-old patient with a hydatid pulmonary embolism caused by a hydatid cyst of the interauricular septum. The diagnosis was established by transthoracic echocardiography, thoracic CT scan, and hydatid serology. Surgery was performed without delay and the outcome was good after 15 months of follow-up. This case underlines the need for rapid diagnosis and surgery before complications of cardiac hydatid cyst.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, route El-Ain, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. samehktari@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellouze
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdennadher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kossentini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaabouni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khabir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boudawara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole