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An intra‐cardiac mass in a patient with Behçet’s disease: Cardiac hydatid cyst
Author(s) -
Sonsoz Mehmet Rasih,
Gunes Sevki Can
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14631
Subject(s) - medicine , behcet's disease , thrombus , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , vasculitis , hydatid cyst , disease , radiology , transesophageal echocardiogram , cardiology , cyst , magnetic resonance imaging
Abstract Cardiac manifestations of hydatid cysts are rare and occur in 0.5% to 2% of all cases of human hydatidosis. Behçet's disease is a vasculitis which is often associated with venous thrombosis. An intra‐cardiac mass in a patient with Behçet's disease should raise the suspicion of thrombosis. However, we report a 32‐year‐old gentleman with Behçet's disease and history of multiple episodes of venous thrombosis who was first diagnosed with having an intra‐cardiac thrombus on echocardiogram. Five months later, his echocardiogram revealed a hydatid cyst in the right ventricular apex which was also confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance.