HYDATID CYST MIMICKING HEART TUMOR

Authors

1 IMAM REZA HOSPITAL, DEPARTMENT OF CARDIAC SURGERY, MASHHAD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, MASHHAD, IRAN

2 Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

3 Fellowship of Echocardiography, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5 Professor of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

6 Associate Professor of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

7 Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Disease Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

8 Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

9 Assistant Professor of Pathology, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

10 Assistant Professor of Radiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

We present two women who lived in a rural community. The presence of a semi-solid mass, a hydatid cyst or tumor, in the heart was diagnosed by echocardiography, computed tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The hydatid cyst was seen during surgery. Pathological examination confirmed an infected hydatid cyst.

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