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Cystic Hydatidosis of the Heart and Brain
Madhusudan Ambadas Yemul, M.D., D.M., Department of Cardiology, Topiwala National Medical College and B Y L Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai 400008, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
A 21-year-old female presented with right1-2sided hemiparesis and headache of fi ve months duration. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain were suggestive of a lobulated cystic mass in the left parietal paraventricular region. Two-dimensional and live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram followed later by chest computed tomography performed as a part of preoperative workup showed a left ventricular apical hydatid cyst. The patient underwent transmitral total pericystectomy followed by complete excision of the cyst in the brain. Histopathological examination of the surgical specimens confi rmed that they were hydatid cysts.
