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Imaging in Cardiac Echinococcosis
Author(s) -
BENNIS AHMED,
BENNANISMIRÉS C.,
CHRAIBI N.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00750.x
Subject(s) - echinococcosis , medicine , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , cardiac imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , medical imaging , pathology
Cardiac echinococcosis is a rare disease. Its diagnosis is sometimes difficult and requires medical imaging such as echocardiography. An 18‐year‐old man with multiple cardiac hydatid cysts diagnosed by echocardiography and nuclear magnetic resonance is presented. The results from these imaging techniques are presented.