Recurrent and unresectable pericardial hydatid cyst

Ufuk Yılmaz ¹

Mehmet Bozkurt ²

Mustafa Akçaoğlu ³

İpek Ünsal ⁴

Ozan Usluer ⁵

Oktay Başok ⁶

1. Health Science University, İzmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

2. Dr.Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, Radiology, Izmir, Turkey

3. Dr. Suat Seren Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, Radiology, İzmir, Turkey

4. Dr. Suat Seren Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, Pulmonary Department, İzmir, Turkey

5. Health Sciences University, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

6. Izmir Dr SS Chest Disease And Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, 1. Thoracic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey

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Accepted Date: 14.10.2021

Online Date: 14.10.2021

Publish Date: 14.10.2021

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Abstract

We present a case of a 57-year-old man with an unresectable hy¬datid cyst located in pericardium. He was operated but cysts were unresectable. Echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were inadequate to determine the resectability of cyst.

Keywords:

Echinococcosis, parasites, pericardium