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Echocardiographic appearance of a hydatid cyst of the papillary muscle and chordae tendineae
Author(s) -
Fabijanić Damir,
Bulat Cristijan,
Letica Dalibor,
Nenadić Denis,
PešutićPisac Valdi,
Carević Vedran
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20818
Subject(s) - medicine , albendazole , hydatid cyst , echinococcus granulosus , praziquantel , chordae tendineae , surgery , histology , echinococcosis , echinococcus , cyst , anatomy , pathology , radiology , mitral valve , helminths , schistosomiasis , zoology , immunology , biology
A 24‐year‐old woman with a history of hydatid disease of the lung and brain, which was treated surgically and medically with albendazole, was admitted because of syncope. Echocardiography demonstrated a mass in the anterolateral papillary muscle and chordae tendineae. Despite negative serologic tests for Echinococcus granulosus, cytology and histology of the surgically removed mass confirmed hydatid disease. The patient was discharged and treated further with albendazole and praziquantel. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2011