Abstract

SOLANO REMIREZ, M. et al. Cardiac tamponade caused by hydatid pericarditis. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2005, vol.22, n.7, pp.326-328. ISSN 0212-7199.

We present the case of a woman with no previous clinical history of disease, that debuted with acute heart failure with symptoms of cardiac tamponade from hydatic pericarditis as a result of a fistula across the diaphragm secondary to a hidatidic cyst rupture in the liver. Cardiac hydatidosis is rare with an incidence in some series betweem 0.2-2% in humans infested with Echinococcus, affectation of the pericardia being rare. For this reason we present a revision of its pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and recommended treatment

Keywords : Echinococcus; Pericarditis; Pericardial tamponade; Albendazol; Periquistectomy.

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