Complications of albendazole treatment in hydatid disease of lung.
We present rupture of lung hydatid cyst in a patient with multiple organ involvement during albendazole treatment. The patient was first provided mechanical ventilation than residue cavity and the other intact cyst was treated surgically. We concluded that albendazole should be used in postoperative period in patients with hydatid disease of the lung to prevent recurrent disease.
Kurkcuoglu
Ibrahim Can
IC
Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. cankurkcuoglu@hotmail.com
Eroglu
Atilla
A
Karaoglanoglu
Nurettin
N
Polat
Pinar
P
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D017128:Embolectomy; D004617:Embolism / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole