title: Surgical treatment of giant hydatid cyst of the left ventricle and diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Cardiac echinococcosis has not been reported frequently. Because of the risk of potentially lethal complications, early diagnosis and definitive treatment are very important. The case of a 41-year-old physician, in whom diagnosis of giant left ventricular hydatid cyst was established with cross-sectional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging, is presented. The cyst was removed surgically and mitral valve replacement performed because of destruction of the valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tokgözoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging