title: Pulmonary artery embolism due to a ruptured hepatic hydatid cyst: clinical and radiologic imaging findings.
abstract: Hydatid pulmonary embolism is an uncommon condition resulting from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a rare case with multiple intra-arterial pulmonary hydatid cyst emboli originating from a hepatic hydatid cyst ruptured into the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava. We present the ultrasonography findings of hepatic hydatid cyst and multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography images demonstrating both multiple hydatid cyst emboli and their hepatic origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Veysel
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ors
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.forename: Adriatik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017332:Cetirizine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D015766:Albendazole; D017332:Cetirizine