Invasive pericardial hydatid cyst: Excision of multiple huge cysts.

J Saudi Heart Assoc

U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, (Affiliated to B.J. Medical College), Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, aIndia.

Published: January 2017

Cardiac hydatid cyst is rare even in endemic countries, and poses a therapeutic challenge due to varying presentation and unpredictable pre-, peri-, and postoperative complications. We herein present a case of multiple, multifocal, huge pericardial hydatid cyst, with invasion into the left ventricle and main pulmonary artery in a young male patient, presented with atypical chest pain.

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