Right ventricular hydatid cyst ruptured to pericardium.
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2015-07
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Abstract
Cardiac hydatidosis is rare presentation of body hydatidosis. Incidence of cardiac involvements range from
5% to 5% of patients with hydatid disease. Most common site of hydatid cyst in heart is interventricular
septum and left ventricular free wall. Right ventricular free wall involvement by cyst that ruptured to pericardial
cavity is very rare presentation of hydatid cyst. Cardiac involvement may have serious consequences such
as rupture to blood steam or pericardial cavity. Both the disease and its surgical treatment carry a high
complication rate, including rupture leading to cardiac tamponade, anaphylaxis and also death. In the present
report, a 43‑year‑old man with constrictive pericarditis secondary to a pericardial hydatid cyst is described.
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Cardiac, Hydatid disease, Ventricular
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Sabzi Feridoun, Vaziri Siavoosh, Faraji Reza. Right ventricular hydatid cyst ruptured to pericardium. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2015 Jul; 18(3): 445-448.