Hydatid cyst of the cardiac interventricular septum

Syed Nadir Naeem; Hira Burhan; Ghufranullah Khan

doi:10.1177/0218492313506125

Hydatid cyst of the cardiac interventricular septum

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2015 Mar;23(3):320-2. doi: 10.1177/0218492313506125. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

Authors

Syed Nadir Naeem¹, Hira Burhan², Ghufranullah Khan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi, Pakistan [email protected].

PMID: 24887895
DOI: 10.1177/0218492313506125

Abstract

Hydatid cysts of the cardiac interventricular septum are rare and present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman who was successfully treated with cyst excision and capitonnage.

Keywords: Albendazole; echinococcosis; echinococcus granulosus; heart diseases; ventricular septum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods
Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis / pathology
Echinococcosis / surgery*
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / pathology*
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Septum / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Septum / pathology*
Ventricular Septum / surgery