CARDIAC HYDATID CYST CAUSING MASSIVE PULMONARY-EMBOLISM

Cardiac hydatid cyst is a rare parasitic disease. Since it may be asso ciated with fatal complications, early diagnosis and treatment of a ca rdiac hydatid cyst is very important. We present a case with hydatid c yst localized in the right atrium and bilaterally in the lungs, and em bolized pulmonary arteries bilaterally. The right atrial cyst localize d on the interatrial septum was removed using cardiopulmonary bypass a nd the cyst in the right pulmonary artery was extracted by an embolect omy catheter. The patient died of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary insufficiency three months postoperatively.