TANAFFOS (Respiration)

TANAFFOS (Respiration)

Pericardial Hydatid Cyst in Oblique Sinus, Obstructing All Pulmonary Veins: A Rare Presentation

Authors
Neda Behzadnia 1
Zargam HosseinAhmadi 1
Babak Sharif-Kashani 1
Faezeh Sheybani-Afshar 2
Farah Naghash-Zadeh 1
Zahra Ansari-Aval 3
Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini 4
1 Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
2 1 Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
3 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
4 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Hydatid cyst of the heart is an uncommon presentation of hydatidosis. We present a case of pericardial hydatid cyst in pericardial oblique sinus with extension to posterior wall of left atrium (LA), occluding all pulmonary vein ostia in a 35 year-old female with progressive dyspnea and severe orthopnea.
Keywords
Cardiac Hydatid Cyst
Pericardial Oblique Sinus
Orthopnea