Echocardiographic demonstration of rupture of intraseptal hydatid cyst

Charet, Eric; Roudaut, Raymond; Lafitte, Stéphane; Laffort, P; Madonna, Francesco; Mascarel, A. De

doi:10.1067/mje.2000.106824

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“…Diagnosis of cardiac echinococcosis is not definitive based on clinical and laboratory examinations, whereas hydatid positive serology is found in 50% of cardiac locations. ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence are the most sensitive tests, 10 as ELISA was positive in our patient.…”

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Hydatid Cyst of the Right Ventricle in Early Pregnancy

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“…TTE is known to be the imaging procedure of choice for the cardiac hydatid cyst because it is noninvasive, easily performed, and has a high sensitivity in detecting intracardiac echinococcosis 6,10 . In our patient, we made the diagnosis by TTE, confirmed by TEE, MRI and serologic tests.…”

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Hydatid Cyst of the Right Ventricle in Early Pregnancy

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“…[2][3][4] The most dangerous and potentially lethal complication of the cysts is their intracardiac or intrapericardial rupture, which may result in anaphylactic shock, embolization, or cardiac tamponade, acute pericarditis, and chronic constrictive pericarditis, respectively. 2,[5][6][7] In their review of 269 cases, DiBello and Menendez 6 reported 104 incidents of intracardiac rupture in 101 patients (39%) with cardiac echinococcosis. Ruptures occurred more frequently in cysts located in the right ventricle (88% vs. 37% in left ventricular cysts).…”

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“…Serological tests are positive in only about 50% of patients and thus have limited diagnostic accuracy. 7 Surgical excision is the definitive method of treatment for cardiac hydatid cysts, even for asymptomatic patients in order to prevent rupture. 1,8 Medical therapy with albendazole results in disappearance of up to 48% of extracardiac hydatid cysts and reduction in size of a further 24%.…”

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Cardiac hydatid cysts: Echocardiographic findings

Barbetseas

Lambrou

Aggeli

et al. 2005

J. Clin. Ultrasound

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Cardiac hydatid disease is rare. Many patients are asymptomatic, hence cardiac involvement is often discovered incidentally. Diagnosis is also difficult because of a long period between parasitic infection and the manifestation of disease. Rupture of a cardiac cyst is a serious complication. Diagnosis of cardiac hydatid cysts is often made using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) provides details of the cysts. We present the cases of 3 patients with nonspecific symptoms of their endemic parasitic disease. The results of sonographic examinations in all patients strongly suggested the presence of cardiac hydatid cysts. One patient had a cyst in the external surface of the left ventricular apical-lateral wall visualized with TTE and TEE. Parasitic serology was negative. She underwent surgery, which confirmed a cyst located in the pericardium, and then was treated with albendazole. Another patient had a cyst in the left ventricle demonstrated by TTE and TEE and confirmed with serology. Color Doppler sonography verified that her cardiac cyst was in communication with the left ventricle. She was not a surgical candidate and was treated with albendazole. The final patient had a septated cyst in the media basilar portion of the interventricular septum demonstrated using TTE, and CT. He refused surgical treatment and albendazole was prescribed. Chest radiographs in 3 patients failed to show the cysts, and serology in 1 patient failed to indicate a hydatid cyst. Follow-up at 1-2 years revealed no recurrence in any patient. In all 3 cases, cysts could be visualized from the subcostal view via echocardiography. Imaging is critical for the early diagnosis, assessment, and follow-up of patients with this disease.

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“…Because of the thin membrane surrounding the cyst it can be distinguished from other intracardiac masses by echocardiography. A hydatid cyst can be in the form of a solid mass or have a multiloculated cystic formation in some cases [7]. Cardiac MRI and thoracic CT have been utilized in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.…”

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Incidentally Detected Cardiac Cyst Hydatid after Blunt Thoracic Trauma

Özbudak

Durmaz

Arıkan

et al. 2014

Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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Cardiac involvement in hydatid disease is more seldom than the involvement of the liver and the lungs. Cardiac cyst hydatid disease is diagnosed incidentally or by means of symptoms such as dyspnea and angina pectoris. Here, we present the case of a 45-year-old male patient who underwent open heart surgery for a randomly detected cardiac cyst hydatid during investigations carried out in a healthcare institution after accidentally falling from height. On the other hand, this patient did not have any complaints associated with hydatid disease before this event.

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Echocardiographic demonstration of rupture of intraseptal hydatid cyst

Cited by 7 publications

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Hydatid Cyst of the Right Ventricle in Early Pregnancy

Hydatid Cyst of the Right Ventricle in Early Pregnancy

Cardiac hydatid cysts: Echocardiographic findings

Incidentally Detected Cardiac Cyst Hydatid after Blunt Thoracic Trauma

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