title: Cardiac echinococcosis: case report of unusual echocardiographic appearance.
abstract: An unusual echocardiographic appearance of a cardiac echinococcal lesion confirmed intraoperatively is described in a patient with nonspecific cardiac complaints. Although previous reports have emphasized the echolucent, often multiseptated nature of echinococcal lesions, such characteristics were absent in this case. Thus, in the appropriate clinical setting, echinococcal infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of solid mass lesions of the heart because the surgical approach may need to be altered.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klodas
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Utz
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Danielson
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans