Heart echinococcus cyst as an incidental finding: early detection might be life-saving

Heart echinococcus cyst as an incidental finding: early detection might be life-saving

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We present a 46-year-old female smoker who was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital due to cough with blood-tinged sputum for the last four days before admission. Using echocardiography and Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) heart Echinococ...

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Main Authors: Koutsogiannis Nikolaos, Kalogeropoulou Christina, Apostolakis Efstratios, Chouchoulis Konstantinos, Tsigkas Grigorios, Koumoundourou Dimitra, Alexopoulos Dimitrios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/124

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