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Int J Angiol 1999; 08(03): 161-164
DOI: 10.1007/BF01616446
Original Article

Asymptomatic pericardial hydatid cyst

Inci Firath
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ayşe Özder
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Nilgün Incesoy
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Cengizhan Türkoğlu
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Sergülen Dervişoğlu
2   Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Bingür Sönmez
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Muzaffer Öztürk
1   Institute of Cardiology, Instanbul Üniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
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Abstract

Cardiac involvement is rare in hydatid disease, but it carries a significant risk of potentially lethal complications. Cardiac hydatid cysts are mostly intramyocardial. Pericardial hydatid cysts without myocardial involvement are much less frequent. Cardiac imaging techniques, particularly two-dimensional echocardiography, are more useful in the detection of cardiac cysts. We present an incidentally detected, asymptomatic, pericardial hydatid cyst.



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Publication Date:
24 April 2011 (online)

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