Why the study?
Cardiac hydatid cysts are rare, occurring in less than 2% of hydatid disease cases, and their diagnosis and management pose clinical challenges.
Case Report (n=1)
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Supports individualized surgical management in ruptured cardiac hydatid cysts with embolization; leaves open evidence-based guidelines due to rarity and Level 5 data.
A 12-year-old boy with an intramural hydatid cyst of the heart is presented. In hydatid disease the incidence of cardiac cyst localization is less than 2%. The cyst was successfully excised by open heart surgery.
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Akçakaya et al. (1994) conducted a case report in Cardiac hydatid cyst with arterial embolism (n=1). Surgical embolectomy, cardiac cyst excision, and albendazole was evaluated.
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