Hydatid cyst of the right ventricle in early pregnancy

Abbas Soleimani; Mohammad Sahebjam; Mehrab Marzban; Shapour Shirani; Ali Abbasi

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00668.x

Hydatid cyst of the right ventricle in early pregnancy

Echocardiography. 2008 Aug;25(7):778-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00668.x.

Authors

Abbas Soleimani¹, Mohammad Sahebjam, Mehrab Marzban, Shapour Shirani, Ali Abbasi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. [email protected]

PMID: 18754937
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00668.x

Abstract

Although hydatic cyst disease rarely involves myocardium and endocardium, cardiac echinococcosis, a potentially life-threatening condition, should be managed promptly. We report a case of right ventricle hydatid cyst detected after syncopal attack in a pregnant woman by using echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous
Adult
Albendazole / therapeutic use
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Combined Modality Therapy
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcosis / pathology
Echinococcosis / therapy
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / parasitology*
Heart Diseases / therapy
Heart Ventricles*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging*
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / pathology
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy
Pregnancy Trimester, First
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Albendazole