title: Stroke: a rare presentation of cardiac hydatidosis.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy presented with acute stroke leading to right-sided hemiparesis. A contrast CT scan of the brain showed a hemorrhagic infarct in the left basal ganglia region with surrounding edema. Echocardiography showed a hydatid cyst in the right atrial chamber extending into the left atrium. A single hepatic hydatid was also seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Navak Hospital, MR Centre, New Delhi, India. nanu_singh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anuradha
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sridhara
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gulati
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed