An @entity45 of the heart is a rare cause of @entity2293 . We report on a 24 year old male from the Kosovo who was brought in an emergency state from a provincial hospital complaining of severe @entity1353 , @entity158 , @entity1296 , and a short period of unconsciousness. Surgical decompression had to be performed urgently, because the pericardium could not be punctuated due to the position of the hydatid cyst. The differential diagnosis was @entity4617 or @entity45 . Because of a negative result of a test for anti-echinococcal antibodies (indirect haemagglutination) and no @entity1712 (5%), the diagnosis of hydatid cyst was at first discarded. Later on, the test for anti-echinococcal antibodies became positive and a marked @entity1712 (59%) was manifest. In combination with a typical appearance in the echocardiograph and NMR, the diagnosis of a cardiac hydatid cyst was made. After preoperative treatment with @entity3753 , the cyst was sterilized with a 20% @entity1219 solution and the contents evacuated. The therapy with @entity3753 was continued. When last seen eight months after the first incidence, the @entity1 was well except some degree of @entity1353 on exertion. As a differential diagnosis of a @entity4617 , a hydatid cyst should be taken into account in @entity1 from an area where @entity12047 is endemic. A negative test on antiechinococcal antibodies and the absence of @entity1712 do not rule out @entity8434 .

[Acute XXXX in cardiac echinococcosis].

@entity1712 :: ('MESH:D004802', 'Disease') :: ['eosinophilia'] @entity3753 :: ('MESH:D015766', 'Chemical') :: ['albendazole'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2293 :: ('MESH:D002305', 'Disease') :: ['acute cardiac tamponade'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity1219 :: ('CHEBI:26710', 'Chemical') :: ['NaCl'] @entity4617 :: ('MESH:D006338', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac tumor'] @entity8434 :: ('MESH:D004443', 'Disease') :: ['echinococcosis'] @entity45 :: ('MESH:D010181', 'Disease') :: ['echinococcal cyst'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['thoracic pain'] @entity1296 :: ('MESH:D004244', 'Disease') :: ['dizziness'] @entity12047 :: ('6210', 'Species') :: ['Echinococcus granulosus']
@entity2293 :: (MESH:D002305,Disease) :: ['pericardial tamponade']
