Main Pulmonary Artery Hydatidosis with Seconday Involvement of the Lungs: a Shepherd Boy's Story
Journal of Tehran Heart Center [The]. 2006; 1 (1): 49-52
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-78219
ABSTRACT
Cardiac hydatid cyst [CHC] is a rare disease that was endemic in some regions especially in sheep-raising areas. The most commonly accepted theory for the routes of heart involvement in hydatid cyst was infestation by the hexacanthus embryo through coronary arteries.Here, we describe a case with the primitive cardiac hydatid cyst located around the pulmonary valve [PV] and main pulmonary artery [mPA] extended to right and left pulmonary arteries and metastasized to both lungs. Could it be possible for the embryo to adhere PV and mPA directly =
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
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Pulmonary Valve
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Echinococcosis
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Tehran Heart Cent.
Year:
2006
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