title: Nonsurgical therapy for pulmonary hydatid cyst disease.
abstract: Therapeutic and diagnostic aspiration of Echinococcus granulosus liver cysts, but not pulmonary cysts, are increasingly being performed. Documented herein is the utility of percutaneous drainage and of albendazole treatment in a patient with a large recurrent, isolated, pulmonary echinococcal cyst for whom traditional therapy would have resulted in severe morbidity. Therapeutic options and possible complications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mawhorter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Temeck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pass
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole