A Primary Posterior Mediastinal Hydatid Cyst Manifesting as Acute Coronary Syndrome

Abstract

Hydatid disease remains a serious health problem for the Mediterranean countries, such as Morocco. Living in a rural area is an important risk factor for the disease. Hydatid cysts are usually located in the liver, lung, and brain. Mediastinal hydatid disease is very rare that have been only anecdotally in the literature. The pathogenesis is due to the accidental infestation of a human by a dog's dejections which contained the Taenia Echinococcus granulosus. We report a case of primary mediastinal hydatic cyst localization simulating an acute coronary syndrome.