Hydatid cyst of the heart and pericardium.
Between 1977 and 1988, six young patients (average 22 years) underwent surgery for cardiac echinococcosis. Three had a single cyst and the others had multiple cysts which ruptured into the pericardium. The diagnosis was always confirmed by cross-sectional echocardiography and cardiac angiography. Surgery was always performed through median sternotomy using cardiopulmonary bypass. Morbidity and mortality were nil and late results were satisfactory.
Abid
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Khayati
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Zargouni
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous