An unusual presentation of secondary pleural hydatidosis.
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.
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Respiratory Unit, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Catalonia), Spain.
Fernández-Muixí
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Magarolas
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Saurí
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Vidal
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Richart
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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
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole