Pulmonary hydatidosis in childhood. Review of 21 cases.
Spain is one of the countries with a very high incidence of hydatidosis in the childhood. It represents 16.8% of all cases intervened for thoracic surgery for hydatidosis cysts in our department during the last ten years with a total of 21 children (inferior to 14 years) operated due to hydatidosis. Cough and pain were the symptoms more frequently encountered. The ratio unruptured/ruptured cysts was 3/1, higher than in the adults, with an average of 2.62 cysts per patient. Specific immunoglobulin E and histamine liberation test were the most useful tests in the laboratory. The usual surgical technique was a cystopericystectomy with total extirpation of the parasite of its rests. No recurrence was found in the follow-up of our patients.
Zapatero
J
J
Thoracic Surgery Department Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Penalver
R
R
Lago
J
J
Baschwitz
B
B
Madrigal
L
L
Candelas
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology