Giant cardiac hydatid cyst: case presentation with radiologic survey and review of literature
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2014), Case Report
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2014)

Giant cardiac hydatid cyst: case presentation with radiologic survey and review of literature

Case Report
Published 2015-09-16
Ravinder Kumar
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Geetanjali University
Amit Kumar
Department of Cardiology, RNT Medical College and MB Hospital, RUHS University
Neha Singh Argahari
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Geetanjali University
Gagan Jaiswal
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Geetanjali University
Jyoti Kundu
Department of Prosthodontics, Geetanjali Dental College and Hospital, Geetanjali University
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Keywords

Computed tomography scan
Echocardiography
Electrocardiogram
Hydatid cyst
Magnetic resonance imaging
Ultrasonography

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Kumar, R., Kumar, A., Argahari, N. S., Jaiswal, G., & Kundu, J. (2015). Giant cardiac hydatid cyst: case presentation with radiologic survey and review of literature. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 3(4), 165–170. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/712
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Abstract

Hydatid disease is mostly localised to liver and lungs. Cardiac involvement is a rare but potentially very serious complication of echinococcosis, constituting only 0.5–2% of all cases of hydatidosis. Cardiac hydatid cyst is a diagnostic and therapeuti

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