Hydatid cyst of the heart: An uncommon lesion

Rai, Nimish; Sarkar, Uday Narayan; Bhattacharya, Shubhankar; Sengupta, Gautam; Das, Debasis; Dutta, Sirshak; Sanki, Prokash; Mahapatra, Shubhendu Sekhar

doi:10.1007/s12055-009-0047-3

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“…As evident by this case report, admission of a comatose patient with suspicion of food poisoning or overdrinking obviously necessitated urgent resuscitation in hospital that upon deterioration was admitted to ICU. Workup in ICU revealed peripheral limb ischemia due to embolism of cardiac HC; similar cases have been reported in other studies [4,[6][7][8][9][10]. We did embolectomy but multiple infarcts and a bit delay in diagnoings underlying cause lead to SIRS, coagulopathy and ultimately resulted in the death of the patient.…”

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“…Keeping in consideration the pathological consequences like ischemia, surgical treatment such as embolectomy must be prompt; and should be followed by treatment with anthihelminthic chemotherapy such as mebendazole or albendazole with the aim to decrease the morbidity and mortality [7,[9][10][11]17,18].…”

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“…Medical treatment is mandatory by chemotherapy to kill the parasitic HC cysts and to avoid their re-implantation (seedling) in other organs. Surgical intervention is needed for complications, related to obstruction of adjacent blood vessels or ducts, or related to embolization causing ischemia or infarcts [8,9].…”

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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Rupture and Embolization Causing Lower Limb Ischemia and Multiple Infarcts: A Case Report

Hussain¹,

Alatawneh²,

Bhatti³

et al. 2017

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Hydatid Cyst (HC) is a complex, chronic parasitic disease with a worldwide distribution. It is endemic in communities where infected meat of grazing animals is consumed by the humans. Those grazing animals acquire parasitic infection by eating grass that is contaminated with dog fecal matter, which contains eggs of parasite that develop into hydatid cyst. HC is caused by the larval stage (daughter cells/ brood capsules) of Echinococcus granulosus found in intermediate host of sheep and human beings. Dog contains adult form of parasite in intestine and is the true host. HC diagnosis is based on serological reactions like Casoni test and ELISA for Echinococcus multilocularis and serves as adjunctive role along with radiological investigations. The diagnosis of cardiac HC is done by echocardiography, X-ray chest, contrast spiral computerized tomography, and/or magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiac hydatid cyst rupture from left heart causing ischemia and distal infarction by multiple emboli is a rare entity. We report such a case of a 24 year young Saudi male who died of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, while under treatment for bilateral lower limbs ischemia.

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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Rupture and Embolization Causing Lower Limb Ischemia and Multiple Infarcts: A Case Report

Hussain¹,

Alatawneh²,

Bhatti³

et al. 2017

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“…In view of the difficulties of the diagnosis and the progressive and dangerous complications in its natural course, surgical treatment of cardiac echinococcosis is urgent [7]- [9].…”

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Combined Hepatocardiac Hydatid Cystic Disease

Aljasem¹,

Khaliphe²,

Khaddam³

et al. 2016

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“…In view of the difficulties of the diagnosis and the progressive and dangerous complications in its natural course, surgical treatment of cardiac echinococcosis is urgent [ 14 , 15 ]. In conclusion, the treatment of heart echinococcosis should be a combination of surgical intervention with chemotherapy during or post-operative period aiming to decrease the recurrences.…”

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Heart echinococcus cyst as an incidental finding: early detection might be life-saving

Tsigkas

Chouchoulis

Apostolakis

et al. 2010

J Cardiothorac Surg

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We present a 46-year-old female smoker who was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital due to cough with blood-tinged sputum for the last four days before admission. Using echocardiography and Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) heart Echinococcosis was diagnosed. Echinococcosis is a severe health issue in some geographical regions of the world. Hydatid infection of the heart is rare and the clinical presentation is usually insidious but there is always the lethal hazard of cyst perforation. Early diagnosis and an integrated treatment strategy are crucial. The results of surgical treatment of heart echinococcosis are better than the conservative strategy only. Extraction of the cyst combined with chemotherapy peri or post operative aiming to decrease the recurrences, consists the lege artis method of encountering this medical entity. Surgical excision was performed and the patient had an uneventful recovery and follow up at six and twelve months.

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Hydatid cyst of the heart: An uncommon lesion

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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Rupture and Embolization Causing Lower Limb Ischemia and Multiple Infarcts: A Case Report

Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Rupture and Embolization Causing Lower Limb Ischemia and Multiple Infarcts: A Case Report

Combined Hepatocardiac Hydatid Cystic Disease

Heart echinococcus cyst as an incidental finding: early detection might be life-saving

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