Case Report
Rare Coexistence of Left Ventricular and Pericardial Hydatid Cysts: A Multimodal Imaging Case
Bharti AS, Kumar A, Shreya, and Jahan A*
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author:Arjumand Jahan, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail Id: jahan.arjumand@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2025 Bharti AS, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information:Submission: 21/03/2025; Accepted: 28/04/2025; Published: 05/05/2025
Abstract
Intracardiac hydatidosis is a rare but potentially fatal manifestation of Echinococcus granulosus infection. Left ventricular involvement is the most common cardiac site, but pericardial involvement is unusual. We report a rare case of a 45-year-old male with left ventricular and pericardial hydatidosis, who
came to the department of radiodiagnosis of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj for cardiac CT with coronary angiogram, with complaints of chest pain and exertional dyspnoea. Imaging revealed two multiloculated cystic lesions, one each in the left ventricular myocardium and pericardium, respectively.
