title: Life-threatening hemoptysis in a child: the only symptom.
abstract: An 8-year-old girl was evaluated for hemoptysis, 50 mL/day, which lasted for 3 days. Computed thoracic tomography detected a mass lesion in the right lower lobe. During rigid bronchoscopic examination, exanguinating hemoptysis occurred, and a Fogarty balloon catheter was placed in the right intermediate bronchus. Thoracotomy revealed a 2 x 2-cm mass in the right lower lobe. Common basal segmentectomy was performed. Pathological frozen-section analysis confirmed the diagnosis of perforated hydatid cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toker
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanju
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bayrak
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cenesiz
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: Sukru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dilege
authors.forename: Goksel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalayci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous