Pulmonary embolism due to cardiac hydatid disease: Imaging findings of unusual complication of hydatid cyst

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 627-633

  Odev, K ^a   Acikgozoglu S ^a   Gormus N ^a   Aribas, O K ^a   Kiresi, D A ^a   Solak, H ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac hydatid disease; CT; MRA; MRI; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THORACOTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036511203     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100988     Document Type: Article

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