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Pericardial hydatid cyst with a fatal course
Author(s) -
NARIN NAZMI,
MEŞE TIMUR,
ÜNAL NURETTIN,
PINARLI SEMIH,
CANGAR ŞÜKRÜ
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1996.tb03437.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , hydatid cyst , interventricular septum , disease , pericardium , cyst , surgery , radiology , ventricle
Cases with cardiac hydatid cyst disease are uncommon, being approximately 0.2–2% of all cases. Most cardiac hydatid cysts are located in the interventricular septum or left ventricular wall. Pericardial location is very rare. We report on a 12 year old girl with pericardial hydatid cyst disease who was otherwise asymptomatic, having no cardiac symptomatology. Unfortunately the course of her disease was fatal. This is the first report of uncommon localized hydatid disease with a fatal outcome.