title: Marked narrowing of right heart chambers due to compression by giant hepatic hydatid cyst.
abstract: External compression of the heart may be presented as valvular heart disease. A 50-year-old woman with signs and symptoms of tricuspid stenosis was diagnosed with giant hepatic hydatid cyst. Symptoms were resolved after surgical excision. Echinococcosis should be in mind while evaluating patients with external cardiac compression.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur Ulas
authors.initials: OU
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Hacer Adanir
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.forename: Sadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulec
authors.forename: Gurbey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sogut
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kozluca
authors.forename: Cetin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erol
mesh_terms: D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: cysts hydatid; tricuspid valve stenosis