HYDATID CYST OF HEART AND MEDIASTINUM: REPORT OF THREE CASES

Abstract

We describe three cases of hydatid cyst of the heart. The first patient was a 46-year-old man who was found to have a systolic murmur on routine physical examination and. Echocardiography showed an interventricular cyst. He was operated on and recovered uneventfully.<br />The second patient was a 55-year-old woman with a hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum, which was diagnosed by echocardiography. The cyst was resected surgically. She developed complete heart block after surgery, which was managed by an epicardial pacemaker.<br />The third patient was a l5-year-old girl who was diagnosed with a large hydatid cyst of the left ventricle by echocardiography, but during the operation in addition to the left ventricular cyst a mediastinal cyst was found in the left side of the inferior vena cava. Both cysts were resected surgically and the patient recovered without any complication.