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SAS Journal of Medicine | Volume-6 | Issue-01
A Primary Posterior Mediastinal Hydatid Cyst Manifesting as Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sara Belabyad, Ganse Fongnikin Ismael Gildas, Hafssa Rouam, Dounia benzeroual, Saloua El Karimi, Mustapha El Hattaoui
Published: Jan. 22, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2020.v06i01.002
Pages: 3-5
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Abstract
Hydatid disease remains a serious health problem for the Mediterranean countries, such as Morocco. Living in a rural
area is an important risk factor for the disease. Hydatid cysts are usually located in the liver, lung, and brain.
Mediastinal hydatid disease is very rare that have been only anecdotally in the literature. The pathogenesis is due to
the accidental infestation of a human by a dog’s dejections which contained the Taenia Echinococcus granulosus. We
report a case of primary mediastinal hydatic cyst localization simulating an acute coronary syndrome.