Abstract
A case of secondary pericardial hydatid cyst and pericarditis constrictiva due to rupture of a hydatid cyst seated in the apex of the left ventricle is presented. The patient was treated surgically. Also, the reasons for the rarity of pericardial hydatid cysts, the routes followed by the parasites to myocardium and pericardium, the complications and clinical and laboratory findings of the disease are reviewed in this report.
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