Pulmonary arterial embolism secondary to hydatid cyst of the liver.
Complications may develop after spontaneous or traumatic rupture of hydatid cysts. A rare complication is pulmonary embolism after rupture of such a cyst into the venous system. The authors present the pulmonary radiologic findings for a patient whose pulmonary complaints gradually increased after surgical removal of a hepatic hydatid cyst.
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Radiology Department, Hacettepe University Medical School Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000328:Adult; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed