Isolated cardiac cysticercosis in an adolescent.

作者信息

Eberly Matthew D, Soh Eugene K, Bannister Sean P, Tavaf-Motamen Houman, Scott John S

机构信息

Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.

出版信息

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Apr;27(4):369-71. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318163d316.

DOI:10.1097/INF.0b013e318163d316

PMID:18316979

Abstract

Cardiac cysticercosis is a rare and typically asymptomatic infection. We report a case of a young man from Cameroon with a left ventricular cyst discovered during a screening echocardiogram. Computed tomography and plain films did not reveal additional cysts. Serology was negative. The patient had the cyst surgically removed for suspected echinococcosis. Sectioning demonstrated a cysticercus. The literature on cardiac cysticercosis is reviewed.

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