Echocardiographic differentiation of a cystic and a solid tumor of the heart.
A hydatid cyst in the ventricular septum was diagnosed with echocardiography in a child with abdominal echinococcosis. The finding was confirmed with cardiac catheterization, cineangiography and surgical removal and pathologic examination of the cyst. The echocardiographic features of the fluid-filled hydatid cyst are contrasted with those of solid left ventricular tumor (rhabdomyoma) in a newborn.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery