Solitary cardiac cysticercosis
Cardiac cysticercosis is rare in clinical practice and is usually accidentally identified during cardiac surgery or autopsies. Although mostly asymptomatic, cardiac cysticercosis could present with severe clinical conditions such as myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmia. We presen...
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| author | Le Thanh Dung, MD, PhD Than Van Sy, MD, MSc Nguyen Thanh Van, MD, MSc |
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| description | Cardiac cysticercosis is rare in clinical practice and is usually accidentally identified during cardiac surgery or autopsies. Although mostly asymptomatic, cardiac cysticercosis could present with severe clinical conditions such as myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmia. We present a 51-year-old female patient who accidentally discovered a solitary mass in the myocardium. The cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a nonenhanced cyst in the interventricular septum protruding into the right ventricular chamber. Because of cardiac tamponade presenting during a right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy, an emergency open-heart surgery was performed to suture the ventricular wall perforation and remove the tumor. The histopathologic report demonstrated typical cysticercosis. Cardiac cysticercosis is an uncommon lesion and may present with atypical clinical and laboratory features. Therefore, this diagnosis should be considered single or multiple cardiac cystic lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d43d06ad2d864fb08baf670bf441fe3d2023-04-07T06:49:40ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332023-06-0118621032106Solitary cardiac cysticercosisLe Thanh Dung, MD, PhD0Than Van Sy, MD, MSc1Nguyen Thanh Van, MD, MSc2Department of Radiology, Viet Duc University Hospital, 40 Trang Thi St, Hang Bong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Deparment of Radiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU-UMP), Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, VietnamDepartment of Radiology, Viet Duc University Hospital, 40 Trang Thi St, Hang Bong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Corresponding author.Department of Radiology, Viet Duc University Hospital, 40 Trang Thi St, Hang Bong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi 100000, VietnamCardiac cysticercosis is rare in clinical practice and is usually accidentally identified during cardiac surgery or autopsies. Although mostly asymptomatic, cardiac cysticercosis could present with severe clinical conditions such as myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmia. We present a 51-year-old female patient who accidentally discovered a solitary mass in the myocardium. The cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a nonenhanced cyst in the interventricular septum protruding into the right ventricular chamber. Because of cardiac tamponade presenting during a right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy, an emergency open-heart surgery was performed to suture the ventricular wall perforation and remove the tumor. The histopathologic report demonstrated typical cysticercosis. Cardiac cysticercosis is an uncommon lesion and may present with atypical clinical and laboratory features. Therefore, this diagnosis should be considered single or multiple cardiac cystic lesions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043323001784Cardiac cysticercosisCardiac MRIMyocardial biopsy |
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| title | Solitary cardiac cysticercosis |
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| title_short | Solitary cardiac cysticercosis |
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| topic | Cardiac cysticercosis Cardiac MRI Myocardial biopsy |
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