Year: 2021
Type: Article
Title: Perioperative Evaluation of Heart Echinococcus Cyst in a 14-Year-Old Child
Author: Kuci, Saimir
Author: Ibrahimi, Alfred
Author: Memeti, Shaban
Author: Llazo, Stavri
Author: Bejko, Ervin
Author: Krakulli, Klodian
Author: Prifti, Edvin
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Echinococcosis of the heart has a rate 0.02–2% of all hydatid diseases. Clinical presentation is depending of the location of hydatid cyst in the heart. Patients can be an asymptomatic case or lethal stroke, arrhythmias, valvular dysfunction, pulmonary edema, cardiac tamponade, cardiac failure, shock, and even death. CASE REPORT: We present a case report, a 14-year-old child with 2 weeks of sore throat, whooping cough, subfebrile condition, sweating, fatigue and physical weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, and decreased appetite. He came to emergency room with cardiogenic shock and pulmonary edema. He was diagnosed with intramyocardial hydatid cyst. CONCLUSION: Echinococcus cyst lesion in the LV in lateral wall, not communicating with the LV cavity, has been removed successfully with on-pump technique in a 14-year-oldchild. Median sternotomy was preferred and cardiopulmonary bypass has been considered the safest method. Supplemental medical therapy with albendazole is recommended to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Publisher: Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI
Relation: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/28245
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/28245Identifier: 10.3889/oamjms.2021.5533
Identifier: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/download/5533/5401Identifier: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/download/5533/5401Identifier: 9
Identifier: C
Identifier: 20
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