Open AccessISOLATED CARDIAC CYSTICERCOSIS IN AN ADOLESCENT
Author(s) -
Matthew D. Eberly,
Eugene K. Soh,
Sean P. Bannister,
Houman Tavaf-Motamen,
John Scott
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e318163d316
Subject(s) - cysticercosis , medicine , asymptomatic , hydatid cyst , cyst , serology , cysticercus , neurocysticercosis , computed tomography , radiology , echinococcosis , pathology , immunology , antibody
Cardiac cysticercosis is a rare and typically asymptomatic infection. We report a case of a young man from Cameroon with a left ventricular cyst discovered during a screening echocardiogram. Computed tomography and plain films did not reveal additional cysts. Serology was negative. The patient had the cyst surgically removed for suspected echinococcosis. Sectioning demonstrated a cysticercus. The literature on cardiac cysticercosis is reviewed.