Cardiac hydatic cyst causing cerebral emboli in a child.
Cardiac hydatic cyst is rarely encountered. In this article, a case of hydatid cyst localized in the left ventricle causing cerebral emboli is reported.
Cakir
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Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Eren
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Kilinc
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000469:parasitology*