Cardiac involvement of hydatid cyst disease is a rare presentation but
may lead to life-threatening complications such as cyst rupture and
should be treated surgically A 10-year-old male patient with cranial and
complicated cardiac hydatid cyst disease lesions that caused lower
extremity peripheral arterial occlusion and aneurysmatic dilatation in
the left ventricular apex is presented. Although the patient was in the
pediatric age group, the Dor procedure was successfully applied to
preserve the ventricular geometry. The Dor procedure for a ventricular
aneurysm caused by a cardiac hydatid cyst was rarely applied in the
pediatric age group. Inconclusion, this case differs from other cardiac
hydatid cysts previously reported in the literature due to the advanced
stage of the disease, atypical clinical presentation, and rare
complications despite the young age of the case. The surgical method
used in treating the patient makes the subject more interesting.