Pulmonary embolism from cardiac hydatids.

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.

Published: March 2021

AI Article Synopsis

  • Metastatic hydatid disease occurs when a hydatid cyst ruptures and releases contents into the bloodstream, leading to embolization in the lungs.
  • A patient who had surgery for a hydatid cyst in the right ventricular wall in 2014 developed multiple embolised cysts in pulmonary artery branches by 2017.
  • Despite medical treatment following surgery, the patient's condition only partially improved, suggesting current treatments may not be fully effective.

Article Abstract

Metastatic hydatid disease of the lung may happen when a hydatid cyst (HC) anywhere in the body ruptures into a systemic vein, a right heart chamber or a pulmonary artery (PA), resulting in the embolisation of the cyst's contents into the lungs. We submit herewith, the images of embolised hydatids within the PA, in a patient who had surgery for HC involving the right ventricular (RV) wall in 2014. Despite adequate surgical and medical management, investigations in 2017 revealed multiple embolised cysts within PA branches. Further continued medical therapy resulted only in partial resolution of the disease, indicating probably the inadequacy of the currently available treatment strategies.

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