Samarrai A A, Hussain W M, al-Shaarbaf H H, Ismail M A
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1990 Jul-Aug;31(4):518-24.
The diagnosis of cardiac hydatid disease is a difficult one. Conventional and specific cardiac investigations are not pathognomonic of this disease. In this report, the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) scanning was prospectively investigated in seven patients. In five patients, the diagnosis was confirmed surgically. The CT-information obtained correlated accurately to the operative findings. In all the patients, CT-densities of the lesions were measured and were found to coincide with values of mean CT-densities of hydatid cysts elsewhere in the body. The capability of measuring tissue densities is unique to CT-scanning and have been emphasized in this report.
心脏包虫病的诊断颇具难度。常规及特异性心脏检查对该病并无确诊价值。在本报告中，前瞻性地研究了计算机断层扫描（CT）对7例患者的诊断价值。其中5例患者经手术确诊。所获得的CT信息与手术所见准确相符。对所有患者的病变CT密度进行了测量，发现其与身体其他部位包虫囊肿的平均CT密度值相符。测量组织密度的能力是CT扫描所特有的，本报告对此进行了强调。
