title: Intracavitary cardiac hydatid cysts with a high risk of thromboemboli. Invasive nature of cardiac echinococcosis.
abstract: Hydatid cysts are a serious health problem in many countries that raise farm animals, and they usually involve the liver and lungs. Although cardiac involvement is a rare manifestation of hydatid cyst disease, its early diagnosis and surgical management are crucial. Patients with cardiac hydatidosis may develop acute life-threatening complications secondary to their invasion of surrounding cardiac structures, such as cyst rupture together with systemic and pulmonary dissemination. Therefore, surgical excision is the definitive method of treatment for cardiac hydatid cysts in order to prevent these potential life-threatening complications, even for asymptomatic patients. Herein, we report the case of a 36-year-old man who initially presented with pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis, and dyspnea. This was followed by the revelation of multiple cardiopericardial hydatid cysts which were discovered via transesophageal echocardiography and multislice computed tomography. In this case, there was a higher risk of cyst rupture and thromboembolism during systemic and pulmonary circulation due to the invasive nature of the cysts which were located in the left atrium as well as between the pulmonary artery and aorta. The patient successfully underwent the removal of the multiple cardiac cysts under cardiopulmonary bypass by taking into account their relationship with the surrounding cardiac structures and the potential risk of local, systemic, and pulmonary dissemination. A pathological evaluation of the surgical specimens confirmed the diagnosis of cardiac echinococcosis and the aggressive nature of the cardiopericardial hydatid cysts by demonstrating their myocardial invasion.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, 06110, Ankara, Turkey, sadik.acikel@tkd.org.tr.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Acikel
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Kiziltepe
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Turkvatan
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cakici
authors: D B
authors: DB
authors: Koroglu
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sahpaz
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Cerekci
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Yeter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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