Hydatid Cyst Located in the Right Atrium and Bilateral Pulmonary Arteries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatidosis has been reported in the lungs, brain, musculoskeletal system, and heart. Cystic hydatid cases observed in the pulmonary artery are quite rarely seen, and cystic hydatid is considered one of the rare causes of nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism.

Case summary

A 53-year-old female patient with shortness of breath and coughing was examined and found to have a cystic structure measuring 4.1 × 4.9 mm with thrombus on the right atrium. Pulmonary computed tomography angiography revealed a 52 × 55 × 33-mm multiseptate structure containing cystic vesicles within the right atrium and bilateral intrapulmonary cystic lesions measuring 2 to 3 cm. The patient, whose hemodynamics were compromised,

SUBMITTER: Polat E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12478491 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature