A cardiac hydatid cyst in the interventricular septum

Ahmet İrdem; Hayati Deniz; Mehmet Kervancıoğlu; Selim Kervancıoğlu

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8194

Ahmet İrdem¹, Hayati Deniz², Mehmet Kervancıoğlu¹, Selim Kervancıoğlu³

¹Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
³Departments of Radiology, Medical Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8194

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Cardiac hydatid cyst is a very rarely seen. It primarily involves the lungs and liver. Treatment of cardiac hydatid cysts is surgical and subsequent medical therapy with albendazole to prevent relapses. Herein, we report a 14-year-old male case who underwent a surgical operation six months ago due to a hydatid cyst in the liver and developed cardiac hydatid cyst in the interventricular septum despite postoperative albendazole therapy.

Keywords : Cardiac; child; hydatid cyst; liver

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