Hydatid cysts of the bilateral pulmonary arteries and left ventricle wall: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2005 Jan-Feb;29(1):31-3. doi: 10.1097/01.rct.0000153405.09602.c5.

Abstract

Echinococcal cysts located inside the pulmonary artery are extremely rare. The cause is usually rupture of intracardiac cysts or, more rarely, dissemination from a hepatic focus. The case of a 39-year-old patient with multiple hydatid cysts in the right and left pulmonary arteries and left ventricle wall is reported. The patient had undergone surgery for a hepatic hydatid cyst 10 years ago. Multidetector computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed for the diagnostic evaluation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography / methods
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies / parasitology*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / parasitology
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*