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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus. It has a worldwide distribution, but it is endemic in certain geographic locations. Hydatid disease can almost involve any body organ. However, cardiac involvement is exceedingly rare. We report the case of young girl presenti...

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Autores principales: AlShamlan, Reem A, Almousa, Abdulrahman M, Al Saeed, Mohammed J, Al-Dera, Faisal H, Alobaydun, Murtadha A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31970035
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6405
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author AlShamlan, Reem A
Almousa, Abdulrahman M
Al Saeed, Mohammed J
Al-Dera, Faisal H
Alobaydun, Murtadha A
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description Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus. It has a worldwide distribution, but it is endemic in certain geographic locations. Hydatid disease can almost involve any body organ. However, cardiac involvement is exceedingly rare. We report the case of young girl presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath. She had a history of renal hydatid cyst for which she underwent surgical resection. After thorough investigation, she was found to have a hydatid cyst involving the left ventricular wall. The patient’s family refused surgical management, and she had received medical treatment in the form of albendazole which showed dramatic improvement in her condition. This case shed light on the importance of having a high index of suspicion for this condition, particularly in those patients with a history of hydatid cysts in other organs
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spelling pubmed-69649632020-01-22 Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report AlShamlan, Reem A Almousa, Abdulrahman M Al Saeed, Mohammed J Al-Dera, Faisal H Alobaydun, Murtadha A Cureus Cardiology Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus. It has a worldwide distribution, but it is endemic in certain geographic locations. Hydatid disease can almost involve any body organ. However, cardiac involvement is exceedingly rare. We report the case of young girl presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath. She had a history of renal hydatid cyst for which she underwent surgical resection. After thorough investigation, she was found to have a hydatid cyst involving the left ventricular wall. The patient’s family refused surgical management, and she had received medical treatment in the form of albendazole which showed dramatic improvement in her condition. This case shed light on the importance of having a high index of suspicion for this condition, particularly in those patients with a history of hydatid cysts in other organs Cureus 2019-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6964963/ /pubmed/31970035 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6405 Text en Copyright © 2019, AlShamlan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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AlShamlan, Reem A
Almousa, Abdulrahman M
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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title_full Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title_fullStr Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title_short Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Successfully Managed with Albendazole: A Case Report
title_sort cardiac hydatid cyst successfully managed with albendazole: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31970035
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6405
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