title: Hydatid cyst of the cardiac interventricular septum.
abstract: Hydatid cysts of the cardiac interventricular septum are rare and present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman who was successfully treated with cyst excision and capitonnage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Syed Nadir
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Naeem
authors.affiliation: Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Hira
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi, Pakistan ghufran.khan@tabbaheart.org.
authors.forename: Ghufranullah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Albendazole; echinococcosis; echinococcus granulosus; heart diseases; ventricular septum