Hydatid cyst of the interatrial and interventricular septum of the heart.
To our knowledge this report describes the first case of a large hydatid cyst involving the full thickness of both the interatrial and interventricular septum of the heart, which was detected at autopsy. The cyst was intact. Clinically, there was complete heart block.
Mandke
J V
JV
Department of Pathology, B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Bombay, India.
Sanzgiri
V P
VP
D000293:Adolescent; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India