Left ventricular hydatid cyst presenting with acute ischemic stroke: Case report


ACARTURK E., OZEREN A., KOC M., YALINIZ H., Bicakci S., DEMIR M.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, vol.17, no.9, pp.1009-1010, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Cardiac hydatid cysts are rarely seen. The presentation of an acute stroke secondary to embolization from a cardiac hydatid cyst is also rare. We report a young boy with left ventricular hydatid cyst who presented with acute ischemic stroke.