Constrictive pericarditis due to hepatopericardial fistulas of hepatic echinococcosis

Ali Can Hatemi,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.048

Ali Can Hatemi¹, Oğuz Omay¹, Ulaş Kumbasar², Mustafa Canikoğlu¹, Kaya Süzer¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, Turkey
²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.048

Hydatidosis is a parasitic infestation which is endemic to sheepherding regions of the world. Constrictive pericarditis secondary to pericardial hydatid disease is a very rare entity. In our case, the cyst was not a primary cardiac hydatid cyst. In this article, we report a 72-year-old male case of constrictive pericarditis due to fistulization of a hepatic hydatic cyst to the pericardium. Partial pericardiectomy and drainage of the hepatic cyst were performed successfully, followed by medical treatment.

Keywords : Fistula; hydatid disease; pericardium

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