title: Hydatid disease of the lung mimicking a pericardial cyst.
abstract: We report a young girl who presented to us with chest discomfort and had a paracardiac mass on chest radiograph. Computerised tomographic (CT) scan of the thorax was suggestive of pericardial cyst. Hydatid serology was negative. The cyst was excised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Negi
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kanwar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*