title: Urgent surgery for cardiac hydatid cyst located in interventricular septum.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl was referred with acute chest pain and dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a single large well-defined intramyocardial cystic mass in the interventricular septum. A serologic test was positive for echinococcal infection. Urgent open heart surgery was undertaken to remove the cyst, and albendazole treatment was started. The postoperative course was satisfactory, and the patient was discharged on the 5th postoperative day without any complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey ugurgocen@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gocen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atakan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atalay
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yuksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Basturk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Sah
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Topcuoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hafize
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaliniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan Kemal
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Salih
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole
keywords: Child; echinococcosis; heart diseases; ventricular septum