Simultaneous Hydatid Cysts of Both the Right Atrium and Right Ventricle

Arslan, Caner; Cantürk, Emir; Duygu, Egemen; Bozkurt, Ahmet Kürsat

doi:10.14712/18059694.2017.86

Acta Medica > Archive > 2007, Vol. 50 > Issue 3 > Simultaneous Hydatid Cysts of Both the…

Acta Med. 2007, 50: 217-219

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.86

Simultaneous Hydatid Cysts of Both the Right Atrium and Right Ventricle

Caner Arslan^a, Emir Cantürk^a, Egemen Duygu^b, Ahmet Kürsat Bozkurt^c

^aTDV 29 Mayis Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey
^bIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Cardiology Department, Istanbul, Turkey
^cIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey

Received June 1, 2007
Accepted August 1, 2007

Hydatid disease in both chambers of the heart is very rare. Mobile right atrial and right ventricular hydatid cysts were diagnosed incidentally in the etiologic work up for a transient ischemic attack in a 77-year-old man with a history of a hepatic hydatid cyst operation. Transthoracic echocardiography was very successful in the diagnosis of both hydatid cysts. Transesophagial echocardiography and computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis. Both right atrial and right ventricular hydatid cysts were removed under cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent morbidities and potentially fatal complications.