Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction.
- Author:
Seung Ho BANG
1
;
Jae Bum PARK
;
Hyun Keun CHEE
;
Jun Seok KIM
;
Sung Min KO
;
Wan Seop KIM
;
Je Kyoun SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea. jekshin@kuh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Parasite infection, heart;
Trichinellosis;
Right ventricle
- MeSH:
Adult;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Heart Ventricles*;
Humans;
Hypertrophy;
Pulmonary Valve;
Trichinellosis*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2014;47(2):145-148
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
