title: Cardiac hydatic cyst causing cerebral emboli in a child.
abstract: Cardiac hydatic cyst is rarely encountered. In this article, a case of hydatid cyst localized in the left ventricle causing cerebral emboli is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kilinc
mesh_terms: 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*