Constrictive pericarditis due to hepatopericardial fistulas of hepatic echinococcosis
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2013Author
Omay, Oguz
Hatemi, Ali Can
KUMBASAR, ULAŞ
Suzer, Kaya
Canikoglu, Mustafa
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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 dentity. 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.
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