Hydatid pulmonary embolism from a ruptured mediastinal cyst: high-resolution computed tomography, angiographic, and pathologic findings.
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by the larval stage of a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus. This report describes an extremely rare complication of echinococcal disease in which severe pulmonary hypertension developed after massive hydatid pulmonary embolism.
Franquet
T
T
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Plaza
V
V
Llauger
J
J
Giménez
A
A
Bordes
R
R
D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed