Cardiac Echinococcosis
- 21 March 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (11) , 1352-1354
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.11.1352
Abstract
A57-year-old man was admitted to our University Hospital with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke. He had no antecedent illnesses. He had been a shepherd for 10 years. Physical examination disclosed an aphasic man with complete right hemiparesis and no other remarkable sign. Chest radiograph showed the left heart border to be lobulated and partially calcified (Figure 1⇓). Cranial CT disclosed hypodense areas in the right cerebellar hemisphere and the left temporoparietal and left frontal regions. …This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: