title: A Girl with Disseminated Thoracic Echinococcosis.
abstract: We present an unusual case of extensively disseminated pulmonary and thoracic echinococcosis in a 10-year-old girl. Thoracic echinococcosis should be considered in any child from an endemic country with cystic lesions on chest imaging. Confirmation of the diagnosis can be difficult and is important before surgery to reduce the risk of further dissemination and anaphylaxis.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, Haga Hospital, Juliana Children's Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands; †Department of Pediatric Surgery, ‡Department of Thoracic surgery, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; §Department of Thoracic surgery, Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania; and ¶Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Groothuis
authors.forename: Cees
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.forename: Lex P W M
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Maat
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paleru
authors.forename: Johan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Jongste
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole