Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion.
A 61-year-old woman presented with an eosinophilic pleural effusion, secondary to transdiaphragmatic intrapleural spread of an hepatic hydatid cyst. Right posterolateral thoracotomy and frenotomy revealed a loculated pleural effusion associated with a 10 x 8 cm hydatid cyst in the posterior segment of the liver. Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusions in endemic regions.
Aktoğu Ozkan
Serir
S
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Izmir Training Hospitla for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Yenişehir, Izmir, Turkey. aktogu@yahoo.com
Erer
Onur F
OF
A Yalçin
Yavuz
Y
Yuncu
Gökhan
G
Aydoğdu
Zekiye
Z
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed