Open AccessCardiac hydatid cyst and pulmonary hydatidosis in a child
Author(s) -
Ebru Yalçın,
Deniz Doğru,
Uğur Özçeli̇k,
Nural Ki̇per,
Ayhan Göçmen,
Okan Akhan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/00006454-200212000-00024
Subject(s) - albendazole , praziquantel , hydatid cyst , medicine , cyst , lesion , lung , helminthiasis , echinococcosis , surgery , radiology , pathology , helminths , schistosomiasis , immunology
Hydatidosis in the lungs is unusual, and a cardiac localization occurs rarely. We report a child with cardiac hydatid cyst that developed during albendazole treatment for preceding multiple pulmonary hydatid lesions. The cardiac lesion was treated by surgical excision, and the pulmonary cysts improved with a combination of praziquantel and albendazole therapy.