Intracardiac hydatid cyst and sudden death in a child.
Left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed in a 4-year-old boy by echocardiography. The patient did not respond to oral mebendazole therapy and had a sudden death, probably due to rupture of the cyst. The occurrence of cardiac hydatid cyst and its life threatening complications are rare and have not been reported in children.
Sinha
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Department of Medicine, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
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Avasthey
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D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole