Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2014 Apr;47(2):145-148.
Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea. jekshin@kuh.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea.
Abstract
- Here, we present a rare case of cardiac parasitic infection found in an adult female patient who had the symptoms of dyspnea upon exertion. She was diagnosed with a double-chambered right ventricle due to infundibular hypertrophy confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. We performed surgery of infundibulectomy around the pulmonary valve. In the end, histopathological findings of the resected infundibular muscle demonstrated trichinellosis, a type of roundworm infection.
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