title: [Hydatid localization in the proximal tract of the right branch of the pulmonary artery. Description of a case].
abstract: Hydatid localization in the major branches of the pulmonary circulation have rarely been reported. The AA. describe the case of a young male patient, previously operated for pulmonary and hepatic hydatidosis, who was unresponsive to medical treatment and died of right heart failure. At necropsy a large hydatid cyst occluding the right proximal branch of the artery was found.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale G. Brotzu, Cagliari.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porcu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farci
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery
vernacular_title: Localizzazione idatidea nel tratto prossimale del ramo destro dell'arteria polmonare. Descrizione di un caso.