Primary cardiac echinococcosis in childhood. Case report.
Cardiac echinococcosis is rare and usually occurs in adults. In a 12-year-old boy a left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and computed tomography and the cyst was surgically removed.
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erciyes University, Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Taşdemir
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed