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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 6, 161-163, Copyright © 1992 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Right ventricular hydatid cyst causing recurrent pulmonary emboli

I Pasaoglu, R Dogan, E Hazan, A Oram and AY Bozer
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

A hydatid cyst of the heart is rare. Surgical treatment is the preferable method in the treatment of cardiac echinococcosis. A 27-year- old patient with right ventricular hydatid cyst causing recurrent pulmonary emboli and diagnosed by 2-dimensional echocardiography and treated surgically is presented.

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