Hydatid Cyst in a 10-Year-Old Boy: An Unusual Location
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Hydatid Cyst in a 10-Year-Old Boy: An Unusual Location Sima Rafeiyian, MD1*, Manouchehr Hekmat, MD1, Ali Kouhi, MD2 1Shaheed Modarres Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran. 2Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. *Corresponding Author: Sima Rafeiyan, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Pediatric Cardiology Department, Shaheed Modarres Hospital, Saadat Abad, Tehran, Iran. 1998734383. Tel: +98 21 22083106. Fax: +98 21 22074101. Email: [email protected]. Hydatid disease, caused by echinococcus granulosus, is a common infectious disease in endemic areas such as Southern Europe and the Middle East. The incidence of this disease, however, is on the increase in Northern Europe due to the migration of labor and also tourism. We report a case of the hydatid cyst of the mediastinum, the diagnosis of which was established by the hemagglutinin test and echocardiography and confirmed by histological examinations. The cyst was totally removed during surgery on beating heart. The patient presented herein demonstrates that the mediastinal and cardiac involvement in hydatid disease could manifest in children with fast growth and rupture. Received 16 February 2008; Accepted 10 July 2008
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