[Echinococcosis of the heart and parasitic embolism of a cerebral artery].
The primary echinococcus of the heart is known to be a great rarity. A review of the Bulgarian scientific periodicals of the last thirty years reveals only twelve reports of such localization. A rare case of primary echinococcus cyst of the myocardium of the left ventricle with a rupture and a brain cyst embolism is reported in the present paper.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
Ekhinokokoza na surtseto i parazitna emboliia na mozuchna arteriia.