Mouhsine Abdelilah, Belkouch Ahmed, Athmane El Mehdi, Roukhssi Redouane, El Fikri Abdelghani, Belyamani Lahcen, Mahfoudi Mbarek
Department of Radiology, Avicenna Military Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Marrakech, Morocco.
Emergency Department, Mohamed V Military Hospital of Instruction, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rabat, Morocco.
Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Nov 27;19:330. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.330.5542. eCollection 2014.
Pericardial hydatid cystis a rare condition; its clinical presentation is variable. It can reveal straightaway at the stage of life threatening complications. We report the case of a 17 years old female Arab patient, who complained of a sudden onset dyspnea, clinical examination was poor; the diagnosis was suspected by echocardiography and confirmed by the CT scan and hydatid serology. Furthermore, no other location was noted. Surgical treatmentwas proposed. The modern cross-sectional imaging especially CT scan and MRI revolutionized the diagnosis of this rare hydatid location.
心包包虫囊肿是一种罕见疾病，其临床表现多样。它可在危及生命的并发症阶段直接显现。我们报告一例17岁阿拉伯女性患者的病例，该患者主诉突发呼吸困难，临床检查结果不佳；通过超声心动图怀疑诊断，并经CT扫描和包虫血清学检查确诊。此外，未发现其他部位有病变。建议进行手术治疗。现代横断面成像技术，尤其是CT扫描和MRI，彻底改变了对这种罕见包虫病发病部位的诊断。
