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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
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Echinococcosis / surgery*
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Echocardiography
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Female
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / parasitology*
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Heart Ventricles / surgery
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Humans
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Liver / diagnostic imaging
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Liver / parasitology*
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Liver / surgery
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Lung / parasitology*
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Lung / surgery
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed