title: Hydatid disease presenting as tension pneumothorax.
abstract: The case of stockfarmer with hydatid disease which presented as a left tension pneumothorax is described. The diagnosis was not made until the patient underwent a thoracotomy for a complicating empyema.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*