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case_images: Gross view of heart with the cyst in the anterior ventricular wall (scale bar = 5cm).
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case_images: Internal organs were unremarkable except for the heart (weight 380 g, mean reference range 327 g), with a soft greyish-white nodule on the left ventricle anterolateral aspect measuring 1.5cm X 1.2cm and was 4 cm above the apex (Figure 1).
case_images: A - Superficial myocardium showing a cystic cavity with parasitic structure within the cyst (H&E, 10x); B - Hydatid cyst showing predominantly acellular wall and a protoscolex with refractile hooklets inside (Blue arrow) (H&E, 40x).
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case_images: Microscopic examination using H&E staining of the paraffin sections showed a cyst overlying the myocardial surface (Figure 2A, 2B).