[Hydatid pulmonary embolism]

Tunis Med. 2003 Nov;81(11):894-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Hydatid pulmonary embolism is an uncommon condition resulting from the rupture of hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst often in the liver into the venous circulation. We report a case of 60 years old woman, admitted to hospital for acute heart pulmonale due to fistulization of an hepatic hydatid cyst into the inferior vena cava.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*