Tefera Endale, Knapp Joseph, Teodori Michael
Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, Cardiology Division, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2017 Mar 31;2017(1):e201709. doi: 10.21542/gcsp.2017.9.
While cardiac involvement is not a common presentation in human echinococcosis, it may lead to life-threatening complications including cyst rupture; anaphylactic shock; tamponade; pulmonary, cerebral or peripheral arterial embolism; acute coronary syndrome; dysrhythmias; infection; ventricular or valvular dysfunction, as well as sudden death. Here we report a 9-year old girl who was diagnosed to have hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum four years after diagnosis and medical treatment of pulmonary hydatidosis. Presentation, management and follow-up of the patient is discussed.