PMID: 8614785Jan 1, 1995Paper

Primary cardiac echinococcosis in childhood. Case report

Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
N EmiroğullariK Taşdemir

Abstract

Cardiac echinococcosis is rare and usually occurs in adults. In a 12-year-old boy a left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and computed tomography and the cyst was surgically removed.

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Jun 1, 2001·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·M KaplanA Ozler

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