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Left ventricular hydatid cyst: an uncommon cause of chest pain in young adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2012

Ravindranath K. Shankarappa ,
Nagaraja Moorthy ,
Prabhavathi Bhat  and
Manjunath C. Nanjappa
Ravindranath K. Shankarappa
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
Nagaraja Moorthy*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
Prabhavathi Bhat
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
Manjunath C. Nanjappa
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr N. Moorthy, MD, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore 560069, India. Tel: +919670440344; E-mail: drnagaraj_moorthy@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Isolated cardiac involvement in hydatid disease is very rare. We report the case of a young adult male who presented to the emergency department with acute onset of chest pain and was surprisingly detected to have a hydatid cyst in the left ventricular myocardium. The transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis. Cardiac hydatid disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain in young individuals in the absence of conventional risk factors of atherosclerosis.

Keywords

Hydatid cystacute coronary syndromechest pain
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 460 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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