Cardiac hydatid cyst and pulmonary hydatidosis in a child


Yalcin E., Dogru D., Ozcelik U., Kiper N., Gocmen A., Akhan O.

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL, cilt.21, sa.12, ss.1178-1180, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Hydatidosis in the lungs is unusual, and a cardiac localization occurs rarely. We report a child with cardiac hydatid cyst that developed during albendazole treatment for preceding multiple pulmonary hydatid lesions. The cardiac lesion was treated by surgical excision, and the pulmonary cysts improved with a combination of praziquantel and albendazole therapy.