Author/Authors :
Tekin, Recep Diyarbakır Children’s Hospital - Clinic of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Turkey , Kara, Ali Fuad Dicle University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Tekin, Rojbin Ceylan Diyarbakır Children’s Hospital - Clinic of Radiology, Turkey , Çimen, Derya Diyarbakýr Children’s Hospital - Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Hydatid cyst (hydatidosis) is a parasitic disease that is caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement is rare and comprises about 0.5-2% of human hydatidosis (1). The left ventricle - the part of the heart with the most abundant blood supply- is most frequently involved, the right ventricle and the interventricular septum are rare involved, respectively (2). The definitive treatment of cardiac echinococcosis is surgical extraction of the cyst because of the fatal complications and arrhythmias (3). We are reporting a patient with cardiac hydatidosis who was treated with medical drugs without surgical treatment.
