Left atrial mobile hydatid cyst mimicking left atrial myxoma and mitral stenosis and causing heart failure and arrhythmia

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2007 Apr;23(2):193-5. doi: 10.1007/s10554-006-9132-5. Epub 2006 Jul 26.

Abstract

Cardiac hydatid cysts are very rare in hydatid cyst disease. We report herein a case of hydatid cyst mimicking left atrial myxoma. A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaint of dyspnea and signs pulmonary edema and mitral stenosis. Echocardiography showed left atrial mobile, mostly solid mass with wall calcifications moving towards the orifice of the mitral valve. We also found loculated giant hepatic and right pulmonary cysts. We aimed to report this case because of mimicking mitral stenosis and left atrial myxoma and causing heart failure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation / parasitology*
  • Cardiac Output, Low / parasitology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis / complications
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis / parasitology
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / parasitology
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / complications
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / parasitology
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma / complications
  • Myxoma / diagnosis*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography