A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Hydatid Cyst: Stroke and Acute Aortic Occlusion
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041056Abstract
Cardiac involvement in hydatid disease is uncommon. We report a case of a surgically treated ruptured left ventricular hydatid cyst, which presented with acute stroke and was later complicated by distal aortic embolism due to perioperative dislodgement of the germinative membrane.References
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