Surgical treatment of pericardial echinococcosis： report of eight cases  

作　　者：ZHENG Feng WANG Xuan MA Song-feng QIAO Jun Ilyar Sheyhidin 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cardiac Surgery , First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China [2]Department of Pediatric Dentistry , First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China [3]Department of Thoracic Surgery , First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2013年第3期591-592,共2页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Echinococcosis is a human parasitic disease common in sheep-rearing regions. It is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. In humans, the most frequent locations of the hydatid cysts are the liver and l lungs; pencardlal echlnococcosls is extremely rare.2 Only 8 cases of pericardial echinococcosis occurred in approximately 7000 cardiac operations during 31 years in our hospital. We herein reported our surgical treatment experience and provide diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for pericardial echinococcosis.Echinococcosis is a human parasitic disease common in sheep-rearing regions. It is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. In humans, the most frequent locations of the hydatid cysts are the liver and l lungs; pencardlal echlnococcosls is extremely rare.2 Only 8 cases of pericardial echinococcosis occurred in approximately 7000 cardiac operations during 31 years in our hospital. We herein reported our surgical treatment experience and provide diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for pericardial echinococcosis.

关 键 词：PERICARDIUM ECHINOCOCCOSIS surgical treatment 

分 类 号：R654.2[医药卫生—外科学]