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Lone, Mobile Left Atrial Hydatid Cyst

Author(s) -

Bahadır Şarlı,

Mehmet Uğurlu,

Ahmet Oğuz Baktır,

Ali Tekin,

Ahmet Tok,

Bayram Yağmur

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-15-5261

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , echinococcosis , hydatid cyst , cyst , surgery , rare disease , radiology , disease

Echinococcosis is endemic in various regions of Turkey. Cardiac involvement in echinococcosis is rare, and lone cardiac hydatid cysts are even more unusual. Because cardiac hydatid disease can be fatal, even asymptomatic patients are optimally referred for surgical treatment. We present a rare case of a lone, primary, mobile hydatid cyst in the left atrium of a 62-year-old woman. The cyst caused dyspnea from left ventricular inflow obstruction. In addition to reporting the patient's fatal case, we discuss cardiac hydatid cysts in terms of the scant medical literature.

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