A case of hydatid cyst with intramural cardiac localization

N Akçakaya; Y Söylemez; H Cokuğras; A Aytac; F Akalin

doi:10.3109/00365549409008650

A case of hydatid cyst with intramural cardiac localization

Scand J Infect Dis. 1994;26(6):765-66. doi: 10.3109/00365549409008650.

Authors

N Akçakaya¹, Y Söylemez, H Cokuğras, A Aytac, F Akalin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Turkey.

PMID: 7747105
DOI: 10.3109/00365549409008650

Abstract

A 12-year-old boy with an intramural hydatid cyst of the heart is presented. In hydatid disease the incidence of cardiac cyst localization is less than 2%. The cyst was successfully excised by open heart surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / parasitology*
Cardiomyopathies / surgery
Child
Echinococcosis / parasitology*
Echinococcosis / surgery
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis
Heart Ventricles / parasitology
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male