RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac echinococcosis. Echocardiographic diagnosis with a fatal clinical outcome
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1803
OP 1805
VO 26
IS 11
A1 Al-Mahroos, Hayat M.
A1 Garadah, Taysir S.
A1 Aref, Mohamed H.
A1 Al-Bannay, Rashid A.
YR 2005
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/26/11/1803.abstract
AB Hydatid disease HD is an endemic disease found in various regions of the world. The organs mostly affected are the liver and lung. Cardiac involvement in HD is rare. The symptoms are mainly due to the mass effect of the calcific hydatid cyst obstructing the blood or the lymphatic vessels. Other manifestations are secondary infection or cyst rupture in the involved organ. Here, we report a middle aged female patient with no history of medical illness who presented to the emergency room with an unrecordable blood pressure. Echocardiogram showed multiple calcific cysts of echinococcosis granulosa in the left ventricle cavity. In the clinical setting, where there is detection of HD elsewhere in the body, an echocardiogram is mandatory as cardiac involvement is serious and may be fatal.