Hydatid Cyst of the Interventricular Septum

Autor: Gerard L. Champsaur, Bernard Ritz, Marc Ferrini, Michel Coppin, Jean F. Aupetit
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Circulation. 95:2325-2326
ISSN: 1524-4539
0009-7322
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.95.9.2325
Popis: A 22-year-old woman without medical history presented with a grade 3/6 ejectional systolic murmur. She was asymptomatic. An ECG revealed sinus rhythm and nonspecific repolarization changes in the right precordial leads. The chest radiograph was normal. A transthoracic Doppler two-dimensional echocardiogram showed a spheroidal, 3-cm-diameter cystic mass in the upper interventricular septum protruding mainly into the left ventricular chamber without creating any significant intraventricular gradient (Figs 1⇓ and 2⇓). Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated a liquid mass with a rounded and well-constrated capsule containing an inner sleigh bell (Fig 3⇓). A CT …
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