Pulmonary hydatid cyst in HIV-1 disease.
A 36-year-old male patient, a known case of retroviral disease, presented with clinical features suggestive of pneumonia and was found to have bilateral lower zone lung consolidation which on resolution showed a cystic change on the chest radiograph. A subsequent CT scan revealed the true nature of these cysts to be ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts showing a 'water lily sign'. The rare association of pulmonary hydatid cyst and HIV from India is described.
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
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VV
Shenoy
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SR
Joshi
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Aklujkar
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Kotwal
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Nadkarni
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Ramraje
D000328:Adult; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male