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MR findings in cardiac hydatid cyst
M Emin Sakarya1, Omer Etlik, Nurten Sakarya
1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey. drsakarya@yahoo.com
Clinical Imaging
|May 2, 2002
Abstract:
We report a case of a 23-year-old man with a cardiac hydatid cyst involving the left ventricle wall. The diagnosis of the cyst was obtained by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. He was operated on for cardiac hydatid cyst using enucleation and capitonnage procedure under extracorporeal circulation. Histopathologic study confirmed hydatid cyst diagnosis.