Author/Authors :
Khalilian, Mohammad Reza Department of Pediatric Cardiology - Mofid Children Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Norouzi, Ali Reza Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center (PRDRC) - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Zamani, Hassan Department of Pediatric Cardiology - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Forouzan Nia, Khalil Department of Cardiovascular Surgery - Erfan Niayesh Hospital, Tehran, Iran , Noei Teymoordash, Somayyeh Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement is rare especially without liver and lungs tissue involvement. We describe a 12-year-old male patient referred to Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Iran in Jul 2020 due to chronic pericardial effusion and suspected tuberculosis infection from Afghanistan. Echocardiography revealed a cystic lesion in the interventricular septum. Thoracic and abdominal computed tomography showed no similar cystic lesion in the lungs and liver. The patient underwent open-heart surgery for cystec tomy and medical treatment with albendazole. Histological examination confirmed hydatid cyst diagnosis. The pa tient was discharged in good condition and oral albendazole was continued.
Keywords :
Cardiac hydatid cyst , Pediatrics , Interventricular septum , Cardiac hydatid cyst
