Unlü Yahya, Ceviz Münacettin, Karaoğlanoğlu Nurettin, Becit Necip, Koçak Hikmet
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Surg Today. 2002;32(11):989-91. doi: 10.1007/s005950200198.
Cardiac hydatid cysts are extremely rare and, although patients may remain asymptomatic for many years or have only minor nonspecific symptoms, they are associated with life-threatening complications. We report the case of a 32-year-old woman with an acute arterial embolism caused by a ruptured hydatid cyst in the heart. An emergency operation revealed that the embolism originated from the left cardiac chamber caused by a cyst in the left ventricle. There were also three cystic lesions in the right lung. The patient underwent surgery to remove the hydatid cysts from the right lung on the 13th day after the first operation. Her postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged from hospital on the 27th day after admission.
心脏包虫囊肿极为罕见，尽管患者可能多年无症状或仅有轻微的非特异性症状，但它们会引发危及生命的并发症。我们报告一例32岁女性病例，其因心脏包虫囊肿破裂导致急性动脉栓塞。急诊手术显示，栓塞起源于左心室的囊肿导致的左心腔。右肺也有三个囊性病变。患者在首次手术后第13天接受了右肺包虫囊肿切除术。术后恢复顺利，入院后第27天出院。
