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Hydatid pulmonary embolism from a ruptured mediastinal cyst: high-resolution computed tomography, angiographic, and
T Franquet1, V Plaza, J Llauger
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|April 21, 1999
Abstract:
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by the larval stage of a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus. This report describes an extremely rare complication of echinococcal disease in which severe pulmonary hypertension developed after massive hydatid pulmonary embolism.