title: A case of hydatid cyst with intramural cardiac localization.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akçakaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Söylemez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cokuğras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aytac
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akalin
mesh_terms: 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