title: Large cardiac hydatidosis bulging as a mass to pericardium-case report.
abstract: A 47-year-old man presented as a dyspnea and fatigue. A transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) performed to assess valvar heart disease and left ventricular (LV) function showed a large hydatid cysts in the inter ventricular septum bulging to posterior of heart and compressing its overlying muscle as whitish round mass. The patient underwent elective surgery by evacuation of septal hydatid cysts from posterior inter ventricular aspect of septum and capitonnage of cavity. His postoperative course was uneventful. Post-operative albendazole for prophylaxis of procedures were recommended. The patient was scheduled for regular follow-up, to check for any recurrences or late complications.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Imam Ali Heart Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Freidoun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabzi
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Madani
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Donya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam Sadat
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Imam Ali Heart Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faraji
keywords: Hydatid cysts; Large cardiac; Pericardium