A case of hydatid cyst with intramural cardiac localization.
A 12-year-old boy with an intramural hydatid cyst of the heart is presented. In hydatid disease the incidence of cardiac cyst localization is less than 2%. The cyst was successfully excised by open heart surgery.
Akçakaya
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Turkey.
Söylemez
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Y
Cokuğras
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H
Aytac
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A
Akalin
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F
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male