title: An unusual presentation of secondary pleural hydatidosis.
abstract: Although pleural involvement is relatively common in cystic hydatid disease, one of the rarest and least known complications is secondary pleural hydatidosis. We report the case of a patient who presented with polycystic secondary pleural hydatidosis 4 yrs after treatment for a pyopneumothorax caused by rupture of a pulmonary cyst near the pleural space. Due to the coexistence of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, surgery was ruled out. The patient was treated with albendazole, with a favourable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Unit, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Catalonia), Spain.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Muixí
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magarolas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saurí
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013492:Suppuration; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole