PRIMARY CARDIAC ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN CHILDHOOD

Authors
EMIROGULLARI N UZUM K USTUNBAS HB ANDAC H TASDEMIR K
Citation
N. Emirogullari et al., PRIMARY CARDIAC ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN CHILDHOOD, Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 29(3), 1995, pp. 153-156
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365580
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
153 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5580(1995)29:3<153:PCEIC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Cardiac echinococcosis is rare and usually occurs in adults. In a 12-y ear-old boy a left ventricular hydatid cyst was diagnosed by two-dimen sional echocardiography and computed tomography and the cyst was surgi cally removed.