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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.2.145

Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction  

Bang, Seung Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Park, Jae Bum (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Chee, Hyun Keun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Kim, Jun Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Ko, Sung Min (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Kim, Wan Seop (Department of Pathology, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Shin, Je Kyoun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.47, no.2, 2014 , pp. 145-148 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Parasite infection, heart; richinellosis; Right ventricle;
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