title: Extremely rare cardiac involvement: recurrent pericardial hydatid cyst.
abstract: Echinococcus granulosus is a common infestation in sheep and cattle raising countries. Although it is typically encountered in liver and lung, rare cardiac involvement of this infestation has very important clinical complications such as heart failure, valve regurgitation, pericardial effusion-tamponade and arrhythmia. In addition, pericardial infestation is an extremely rare condition of Echinococcus granulosus. Here, we report a case of recurrent pericardial hydatid cyst presenting exertional dyspnea, palpitation and presyncope attacks in a 72-year-old man. The diagnosis of recurrent pericardial hydatid cyst was made by transthoracic echocardiography, computed tomography and surgical history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey. dr.ibrahimakpinar@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Sebahat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tekeli
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basar
authors.forename: Kumral Ergun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cagli
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cay
authors.forename: Omac
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tufekcioglu
authors.forename: Nilgun Isiksalan
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Ozbulbul
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed