Intracardiac hydatid cyst and sudden death in a child

Left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed in a 4-year-old boy by echocardiography. The patient did not respond to oral mebendazole therapy and had a sudden death, probably due to rupture of the cyst. The occurrence of cardiac hydatid cyst and its life threatening complications are rare and have no...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 1995-10, Vol.51 (3), p.293-295
Main Authors: Sinha, P.R., Jaipuria, N., Avasthey, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antinematodal Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies - drug therapy
Cardiomyopathies - parasitology
Child, Preschool
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology
Diseases caused by cestodes
Echinococcoses
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - drug therapy
Echocardiogram
Echocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Heart Rupture - etiology
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Hydatid cyst
Infectious diseases
Intracardiac
Male
Mebendazole - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Rupture, Spontaneous
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Summary:Left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed in a 4-year-old boy by echocardiography. The patient did not respond to oral mebendazole therapy and had a sudden death, probably due to rupture of the cyst. The occurrence of cardiac hydatid cyst and its life threatening complications are rare and have not been reported in children.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/0167-5273(95)02408-O