Hydatid cyst of the heart located in the interventricular septum
Kammoun, S.; Frikha, I.; Fourati, K.; Fendri, S.; Benyoussef, S.; Sahnoun, Y.; Daoud, M.; Dumesnil, J.G.
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 16(7): 921-924
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0828-282X PMID: 10934311 Document Number: 514800
The case is reported of a 61-year-old man from Tunisia with a hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum. Presenting manifestations were congestive heart failure and signs suggestive of an aortic valvulopathy. Diagnosis was made by Doppler echocardiography and confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The cyst was excised surgically by right ventriculotomy. Despite a technically successful intervention without rupture of the cyst or appearance of a conduction delay, the patient died on the 20th postoperative day because of acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating infectious pneumonia.