Pericardial hydatid cyst: The water lily sign as a classical sign in a nonclassical location

Authors

  • Israa Alsulami Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Reem Alwasiah Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammed Alsalman Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulmohsen Alyousef Department of Adult Cardiology, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v17i9.5152

Abstract

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection that usually targets the liver and is rarely seen affecting the heart. Herein, we present an incidentally diagnosed cardiac hydatid cyst with a pathognomonic radiological feature of a water lily sign.

Contrast-enhanced computed tomography imaging of the chest

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Published

2023-11-20

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 9 (2023)

Section

Cardiac Imaging

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