A complicated case of pericardial hydatid cyst manifesting as constrictive pericarditis

Can J Cardiol. 2000 May;16(5):673-6.

Abstract

Although cardiac involvement with hydatid cyst is quite rare as a major complication, constrictive pericarditis is even less common. A 55-year-old man is presented in whom a hydatid cyst located in the right cardiophrenic angle anterior to the right ventricle ruptured into the pericardial sac, resulting in constrictive pericarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis / complications*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Cyst / complications*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Cyst / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis*
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / parasitology*
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / surgery