Lone, Mobile Left Atrial Hydatid Cyst.
Echinococcosis is endemic in various regions of Turkey. Cardiac involvement in echinococcosis is rare, and lone cardiac hydatid cysts are even more unusual. Because cardiac hydatid disease can be fatal, even asymptomatic patients are optimally referred for surgical treatment. We present a rare case of a lone, primary, mobile hydatid cyst in the left atrium of a 62-year-old woman. The cyst caused dyspnea from left ventricular inflow obstruction. In addition to reporting the patient's fatal case, we discuss cardiac hydatid cysts in terms of the scant medical literature.
Bahadir
B
Sarli
Mehmet
M
Ugurlu
Ahmet Oguz
AO
Baktir
Ali Ihsan
AI
Tekin
Ahmet
A
Tok
Bayram
B
Yagmur
D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiac imaging techniques/methods; Echinococcus granulosus/immunology; Turkey/epidemiology; echinococcosis/diagnosis/surgery; fatal outcome; heart diseases/parasitology