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