Hydatid pulmonary emboli.
A case of secondary hydatosis, initially misdiagnosed as pulmonary metastases, is presented. The dissemination of hydatid cysts within the lungs in this case was the consequence of direct rupture of a hepatic hydatid into the inferior vena cava. A brief overview of the pathophysiology of hydatid disease, including a discussion of the types of hydatid rupture (contained, communicating and direct), is presented.
Smith
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Department of Radiology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre and Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. gerardjsmith@ozemail.com.au
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D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging