Cardiac parasitic infection in trichinellosis associated with right ventricle outflow tract obstruction.
Here, we present a rare case of cardiac parasitic infection found in an adult female patient who had the symptoms of dyspnea upon exertion. She was diagnosed with a double-chambered right ventricle due to infundibular hypertrophy confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. We performed surgery of infundibulectomy around the pulmonary valve. In the end, histopathological findings of the resected infundibular muscle demonstrated trichinellosis, a type of roundworm infection.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Seung Ho
SH
Bang
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Jae Bum
JB
Park
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Hyun Keun
HK
Chee
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Jun Seok
JS
Kim
Department of Radiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Sung Min
SM
Ko
Department of Pathology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Wan Seop
WS
Kim
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Je Kyoun
JK
Shin
Parasite infection, heart; Right ventricle; Trichinellosis