Open AccessHuge Hydatid Cyst of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
Author(s) -
Behnam Shakerian,
Mohammad Hossein Mandegar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sultan qaboos university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2075-0528
pISSN - 2075-051X
DOI - 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.017
Subject(s) - medicine , hydatid cyst , ventricular outflow tract , ventricle , cyst , surgery , outflow , radiology , cardiology , physics , meteorology
Hydatid disease is a common health problem in sheep-farming countries such as Iran. The liver and lungs are the most common primary sites of hydatid cysts in humans. Cardiac involvement is an uncommon manifestation, and the right ventricle outflow tract (RVOT) is rarely involved. This is a case report of a 34-year-old man who presented to the Heart Clinic, Tehran, Iran, in 2019 with a history of dyspnoea and fatigue. Following an imaging study, the patient was diagnosed with an RVOT hydatid cyst. He underwent surgical resection of the cyst. The post-operative course was uneventful.