Abstract

A 58-year-old woman presented with signs of sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A cerebral and thoraco-abdominal-pelvic computed tomography (CT) evaluation revealed the presence of a cardio-pericardial mass attached to the free wall of the right ventricle, with CT suggestive criteria of hydatid cyst. No involvement of other organs was noticed, but a segmental pulmonary embolism was also diagnosed after the CT scan. Echocardiography showed the intracardiac belonging of the cyst, therefore cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used for a thorough assessment. The patient underwent surgical resection with pericardial patch repair, with a favorable postoperative evolution.

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