Ruptured Pericardial Hydatid Cyst Causing Mitral Annulus Distortion With Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Tamponade-like Symptoms: A Case Report

Abdelrahman Jamiel; Shaimaa Mohamed; Norah Khalid Alobaid; Khalid A. Mohamed; Amjad M.A. Ahmed; Mohammad Salman Mohammad

doi:10.12659/AJCR.950600

08 March 2026 : Case report Saudi Arabia

Ruptured Pericardial Hydatid Cyst Causing Mitral Annulus Distortion With Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Tamponade-like Symptoms: A Case Report

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Abdelrahman Jamiel

^{ABDEF 1,2,3*}, Shaimaa Mohamed

^{AEF 4}, Norah Khalid Alobaid^{EF 5}, Khalid A. Mohamed^{BEF 4}, Amjad M.A. Ahmed

^{ABDEF 1,2}, Mohammad Salman Mohammad^{BD 6}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.950600

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e950600

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Video 4 Follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (apical 4-chamber view with color Doppler at 12 months) showing a normally functioning mechanical mitral valve.

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