3D Printed Hydatid Disease Affecting the Heart and Aorta

3D Printed Hydatid Disease Affecting the Heart and Aorta Clinical HistoryThis 11-year-old female had an 18-month history of hydatid disease (see below). In total, 17 cysts were removed from the child’s brain at craniotomy on three occasions, and subsequently cysts were found in the kidneys, mesentery, and abdominal aorta at its bifurcation. X-ray of the heart showed a calcified cyst, and the patient was referred to a tertiary hospital for its removal. The patient deteriorated and died following open-heart surgery during which a dead hydatid cyst was found in the left ventricle. Pathology The specimens are of the heart, with the left ventricle being laid open, and of the aorta at its common iliac bifurcation. The aorta shows some atheromatous depositions in the upper portion. There is a large mass of antemortem clot at the point of iliac bifurcation with extension down both common iliac arteries.The heart shows hypertrophy of the left ventricular wall