Hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum. Diagnosis by cross-sectional echocardiography and computed tomography, treatment with mebendazole

Jpn Heart J. 1991 Sep;32(5):741-4. doi: 10.1536/ihj.32.741.

Abstract

Herein we report a case of a cardiac echinococcal cyst located in the interventricular septum and producing a mild obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. The cyst was detected by cross-sectional echocardiography and thoracic computed tomography and treated successfully with mebendazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / drug therapy
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Septum
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mebendazole / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Mebendazole