Abstract
A cardiac event in the course of echinococcosis is uncommon (0.5 to 2%), but when it does occur it is associated with an increased risk of potentially lethal complications (such as fissures, rupture with embolic complications and anaphylactic shock). 1 The techniques of cardiac imaging, notably 2-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography, have greatly facilitated the detection of cardiac involvement in echinococcosis. The place of this examination, as well as that of computed tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging, is discussed in connection with a case of cardiac hydatic cyst associated with polyvisceral infection. 2,3
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