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An unusual presentation of secondary pleural hydatidosis
X Aguilar1, J Fernández-Muixí, R Magarolas
1Respiratory Unit, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Catalonia), Spain.
The European Respiratory Journal
|May 16, 1998
Abstract:
Although pleural involvement is relatively common in cystic hydatid disease, one of the rarest and least known complications is secondary pleural hydatidosis. We report the case of a patient who presented with polycystic secondary pleural hydatidosis 4 yrs after treatment for a pyopneumothorax caused by rupture of a pulmonary cyst near the pleural space. Due to the coexistence of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, surgery was ruled out. The patient was treated with albendazole, with a favourable outcome.