title: Hydatid cyst causing tension pneumothorax in childhood.
abstract: A 7-year-old child with concomitant pulmonary and hepatic echinococcosis presenting as a tension pneumothorax is reported. The correct diagnosis was unsuspected until the operation which was performed successfully in two stages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: al-Qudah
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D013908:Thoracotomy