title: Hydatid cyst of the right ventricle, liver and lungs.
abstract: Cardiac Echinococcosis is a rare and the most serious of all hydatid manifestations. We report here a case of 27 year old female who had hydatid cyst in the liver, lungs & right ventricle. The cardiac hydatid cyst was operated and numerous daughter cysts were removed. Diagnostic radiological illustrations and surgical specimen of daughter cysts has been provided in this article.
authors.affiliation: J.S.S Medical College & Vikram Hospital, Mysore ,Karnataka, India. dhrbgowda@gmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Basavanagowdappa
authors.forename: Nagendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: M Suresh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Upendra
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: Amrit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanaiah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed