Giant Pericardial Cyst - Eroding Left Ventricle

A giant pericardial cyst.

A giant hydatid cyst atypically located in the left ventricle.

Cardiac hydatidosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening infestation. Cardiac hydatid cysts generally occur in the left ventricle; followed by the atria, the free wall of the right ventricle, the pericardium and the interventricular septum. Herein, we report a 17-year-old girl with a giant left ventricle cyst who was previously treated by interventional methods for liver and lung hydatid ...

Giant Intrapericardial Cyst Causing Compression of the Left Ventricle.

A 38-year-old male with uneventful past history presented with progressive effort dyspnoea, accompanied by fever and nocturnal sweating for the past 10 days. The physical examination was normal and the additional tests showed: leukocytosis and neutrophilia in the laboratory tests; negative series of blood cultures; transthoracic echocardiography showed an image of a cyst measuring 9 4 cm in dia...

Unusual clinical presentation of a giant left ventricle hydatid cyst.

A 39-year-old woman was hospitalized in our center due to chest and left shoulder pain. Having a history of tamponade and tuberculosis, she was under treatment for the previous two months. Echocardiography, chest CT and MRI documented intramyocardial and pericardial hydatid cyst which was later confirmed by further pathological studies. Later, the cyst was removed surgically.

Giant pericardial cyst: case report.

Pericardial cysts are uncommon congenital abnormalities. Most are asymptomatic and are found incidentally on chest roentgenograms. Giant cysts are an even more uncommon finding, and reports of their natural history, presentation and management are few. In this report the authors describe a case of a giant pericardial cyst with symptoms of mediastinal compression for which the surgical excision ...