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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17526
Surgical treatment of hydatid cyst infiltrating into myocardium and causing mitral valve regurgitation
Kemal Eşref Erdoğan1, Emrah Uğuz1, Mete Hıdıroğlu1, Ezgi Erkılıç2, Murat Can Güney3, Erol Şener1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Cardiology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17526
Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus
granulosus. It is endemic in Asia, Africa, South America, and the
Mediterranean region including Turkey. Cardiac involvement
is rare. Surgery is the definitive treatment of cardiac hydatid
cysts; however, to avoid recurrence after surgery, medical
therapy should be also continued. Left ventricular free wall
is the most common location, followed by the right ventricle
and interventricular septum. Involvement of mitral valve
is extremely rare. Herein, we present a case of hydatid cyst
with myocardial involvement leading to severe mitral valve
regurgitation which was successfully treated with surgery.
Keywords : Heart, hydatid cyst, mitral valve, myocardium
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