Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi (Jan 2015)

An uncommon localization of a giant hydatid cyst presenting with cardiac tamponade

  • İrfan Şahin,
  • Berk Özkaynak,
  • Burak Ayça,
  • Ertuğrul Okuyan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2015.59207
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 1
pp. 86 – 88

Abstract

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Cardiac involvement in hydatid cyst disease is a rare manifestation and may remain asymptomatic for years. The location of the cyst determines the presentation. In this report, we present a case of hydatid cyst presenting with massive pericardial effusion, right ventricle compression leading to cardiac tamponade. The diagnosis was established with transthoracic, transesophageal echocardiagraphy and computed tomography.

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