between i 9h i and 1993,30 cases of primary cardiac tumors were diagnosed at the imam khomeini hospital. 20 patients were female and 10 were male, with an average age of 32 years (ranging from 17 days to 65 years of age). the mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis was 6 months, with dyspnea and palpitation being the most common symptoms (60%) and cardiac' murmurs the most usual signs (...

echinococcus granulosus is considered the major cause of human hydatid cysts. usually the duration of cyst formation is 10-20 years. this period shortens significantly upon rupture of a primary cyst. the literature describes low incidence of primary involvement of ovary as a site of hydatid cyst formation. our case is the first report on ovarian hydatid cyst in iran. a 60-year-old woman was pre...