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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr-Jun;30(2):119-120.
doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_14_20. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

Multimodality Imaging for Diagnosis and Characterization of a Cardiac Hydatid Cyst

Giovanni Maria de Matteis  1 , Luca Arcari  1   2 , Marina Mustilli  1 , Priscilla Fina  3 , Angela Maria Stingone  1 , Paolo Preziosi  3 , Giuseppe Ferraiuolo  1
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Case Reports

Multimodality Imaging for Diagnosis and Characterization of a Cardiac Hydatid Cyst

Giovanni Maria de Matteis et al. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2020 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Here, we report the case of a young patient admitted to the emergency department because of abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed a mass within her right heart. Through serial multimodality imaging testing, including computed tomography, three-dimensional (2D)- and three-dimensional echocardiography, as well as cardiac magnetic resonance, the diagnosis of cardiac involvement in the course of Echinococcus granulosus infection was hypothesized.

Keywords: Cardiac hydatid disease; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; echocardiography; multimodality imaging.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest. Consent to participate: the patient provided informed consent for the use of her records for research purpose.

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Figure 1
Two-dimensional echocardiography shows a single cardiac cystic mass with anechoic content, multilocular and nonmobile, in the context of right ventricle inflow (a). Three-dimensional-transthoracic echocardiography localized the mass within the posterior right ventricle inflow, possibly with intramyocardial location (b and c). View of the cyst by cardiac magnetic resonance cine-images (d), first-pass perfusion (arrow in e) and late gadolinium enhancement (arrow in f)
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