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Myocardial hydatid cyst

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A 40 year old male presented with supraventricular tachycardia and localised calcified bulge of the left heart border. Thoracotomy revealed a hard, calcified and spherical cyst arising from the antero lateral wall of the left ventricle. The pericardium was normal. The cyst was deroofed and left open. It contained thick, amorphous, yellowish material. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient is asymptomatic 12 months after surgery.

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  1. Medical College Campus-Aurangabad, Block No. B-1-1, Panchakki Quarters, 431 001, India

    K. D. Gaikwad (Professor of Surgery), D. V. Doiphode (Associate Professor of Medicine), M. G. Patil (Lecturer in Surgery) & V. B. Dave (Professor of Anaesthesiology)

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Based on paper presented in the V Asian Congress of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Madras, India in February 1981.

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Gaikwad, K.D., Doiphode, D.V., Patil, M.G. et al. Myocardial hydatid cyst. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1, 62–66 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02664151

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