We report the case of a 49-year-old patient with morbid obesity in whom a hydatid cyst in the left ventricle was detected by means of a thoracic CT scan. The cyst was excised through a left submammary thoracothomy without using extracorporeal circulation. Pathological anatomy studies evidenced the presence of scolices on the hydatid membrane. After being followed-up for one year, the patient does not have any cardiac-respiratory symptom, and there is no evidence of cardio-thoracic hydatidosis.

We report the case of a 49-year-old patient with morbid obesity in whom a hydatid cyst in the left ventricle was detected by means of a thoracic CT scan. The cyst was excised through a left submammary thoracothomy without using extracorporeal circulation. Pathological anatomy studies evidenced the presence of scolices on the hydatid membrane. After being followed-up for one year, the patient does not have any cardiac-respiratory symptom, and there is no evidence of cardio-thoracic hydatidosis.

Las enfermedades inflamatorias intestinales se asocian a manifestaciones extraintestinales. Dentro de estas manifestaciones, el tromboembolismo venoso, se presenta con un riesgo aproximadamente 3 veces mayor que en la población general. Reportamos el caso de un varón de 61 años con historia de dolor abdominal, diarrea crónica y fiebre, con leucocitosis, reacción inflamatoria en heces positiva, estenosis ileal parcial con múltiples úlceras en la enteroscopía y hallazgos histopatológicos compatibles con enfermedad de Crohn. El paciente evoluciona favorablemente con prednisona y azatioprina de mantenimiento, presentando en el quinto mes trombosis venosa profunda de ambos miembros inferiores, la cual mejora con anticoagulación plena.