Case Report
Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Embolism
Mehmet Sait Menzilcioglu*Department of Radiology, Gazi University, Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey
- Corresponding Author:
- Mehmet Sait Menzilcioglu
Department of Radiology
Gazi University, Bahçelievler
Ankara-06100, Turkey
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E-mail: dr.m.sait@hotmail.com
Received May 06, 2015; Accepted June 24, 2015; Published June 26, 2015
Citation: Menzilcioglu MS (2015) Complication of Cardiac Hidatic Cyst. OMICS J Radiol 4:190. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000190
Copyright: ©2015 Menzilcioglu MS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Abstract
Hydatid pulmonary embolism is an uncommon condition. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to embolism is even rare. Cardiac hydatid cysts may stay asymptomatic for a long time until they reveal themselves with serious outcomes such as cerebral and pulmonary embolization, heart block and valvular obstruction. Pulmonary embolism is due to iatrogenic or spontaneous perforation of the cardiac hydatid cyst. Awareness of this condition and its radiological findings is important to prevent further potentially fatal complications. Herein, we report a case of cardiac hydatid cyst causing pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary arterial embolism.
