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SUBMITTER: Sarli B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4894710 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Texas Heart Institute journal 20160601 3
Echinococcosis is endemic in various regions of Turkey. Cardiac involvement in echinococcosis is rare, and lone cardiac hydatid cysts are even more unusual. Because cardiac hydatid disease can be fatal, even asymptomatic patients are optimally referred for surgical treatment. We present a rare case of a lone, primary, mobile hydatid cyst in the left atrium of a 62-year-old woman. The cyst caused dyspnea from left ventricular inflow obstruction. In addition to reporting the patient's fatal case, ...[more]