title: Pericardial hydatid cyst in oblique sinus, obstructing all pulmonary veins: a rare presentation.
abstract: Hydatid cyst of the heart is an uncommon presentation of hydatidosis. We present a case of pericardial hydatid cyst in pericardial oblique sinus with extension to posterior wall of left atrium (LA), occluding all pulmonary vein ostia in a 35 year-old female with progressive dyspnea and severe orthopnea.
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Behzadnia
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Zargam
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hossein-Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharif-Kashani
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Faezeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sheybani-Afshar
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Naghash-Zadeh
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ansari-Aval
authors.affiliation: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Mohsen
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mirhosseini
keywords: Cardiac Hydatid Cyst; Orthopnea; Pericardial Oblique Sinus