Cardiac hydatid cyst: an unusual cause of chest pain.

摘要: Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by larvae of Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement in hydatid uncommon, constituting only 0.5 - 2% all cases hydatidosis. Most patients with cardiac echinococcosis are asymptomatic, and the often latent because cyst heart grows very slowly. Only approximately 10 % patients, especially those large cysts, have clinical manifestations. Precordial pain one common symptoms most vague does not resemble angina pectoris.