A female patient 75 year-old with asthenia and dyspnea for one year. The eosinophil proportion of white blood cell is of 0.14 and Echinococcus (hydated) IgM Elisa negative is 0.16 index.
Cardiac ultrasound detects a 30 mm simple cyst (Gharbi type I hydatid cyst) in myocardium at cardiac apex.
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MSCT and MRI confirm the cardiac cyst.
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Surgery removes successfully the hydatid cyst with larva from heart.
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Microbioparasitology result is A hydatid cyst with larva of Echinococcus sp.
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Hydated cyst in myocardium a very rare site coming over that usually appears in liver, spleen, lung ... instead.