Cardiac echinococcosis: cyst removal in a beating heart.
A 17-year-old asymptomatic boy from a sheep farm had a systolic murmur on routine examination. The diagnosis of Echinococcus cyst in the right ventricular outflow tract was made by echocardiography. The cyst was removed with success with the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass with a beating heart.
Rossouw
G J
GJ
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Knott-Craig
C J
CJ
Erasmus
P E
PE
D000293:Adolescent; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D014463:Ultrasonography