Concomitant giant cardiopericardial and right pulmonary hydatid cysts

Ali Gürbüz,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5970

Ali Gürbüz¹, Ufuk Yetkin¹, Kenan Can Ceylan², Aylin Orgen Çallı³, İsmail Yürekli¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
³Department of Pathology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5970

Abstract
Turkish Abstract
Full Text
Full Text PDF
Similar Articles
E-mail to Author
How to Cite

Cardiac hydatid cyst is a rarely encountered parasitic disease. Most cardiac hydatid cysts are located in the left ventricular wall. Pericardial location is very rare. In this article, we present a 29-year-old female case with concomitant giant cardiopericardial and right pulmonary hydatid cysts.

Keywords : Cardiac; hydatid cyst; pericardial

Viewed : 7982

Downloaded : 1674