We report a case of a 37-year-old sheep-raising man with a cardiac hydatid cyst involving
the basal interventricular septum causing biventricular outflow obstruction. He suffered
from multi-organ hydatidosis and underwent cerebral hydatid cyst extirpation and right
nephrectomy for renal echinococcosis. The diagnosis of the cyst was obtained by echocardiography
and magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was confirmed by positive hemagglutination
test. He was operated on for cardiac hydatid cyst using enucleation and capitonnage
procedure under extracorporeal circulation. The morbidity was complete atrioventricular
block, necessitating VDD pacemaker implantation. This was followed by medical treatment
with albendazole (400 mg/day).
Cardiac hydatid cyst - Multi-organ echinococcosis