Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess

Toleti, Sunita; Subbarao, M. V.; Dwarabu, Pragathi

doi:10.4103/2229-5070.97248

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“…It has been noticed that lung cysts grow much faster than cyst in another organ of the body because of negative pleural pressure 6. A cough, dyspnoea and haemoptysis can be the typical features of hydatid cyst affecting the lung 7. Hepatomegaly and abdominal pain can be the presenting features of hydatid cyst affecting the liver 8.…”

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Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung

Iqbal¹,

Hussain

Idress

et al. 2017

BMJ Case Reports

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Hydatid cyst commonly affects liver followed by lung, but rarely affects both organs simultaneously. Here we presented a patient who presented with concurrent involvement of both lungs and liver. Patient presented with dyspnoea and generalised weakness with bilateral rounded opacities throughout the lung field of variable sizes. CT scan chest with contrast showed multiple rounded soft tissue density in both lungs and liver. Patient underwent mini thoracotomy which revealed multiple cystic lesions throughout lung. ELISA for anti- antibodies shows positive titres. Due to extensive involvement, patient was started on medical treatment albendazole. The patient showed significant improvement both clinically and radiographically on treatment. Thus long-term medical treatment helps in such cases where surgery is not possible.

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Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung

Iqbal¹,

Hussain

Idress

et al. 2017

BMJ Case Reports

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“…Hemoptysis is not uncommon presentation of pulmonary hydatid disease [ 19 , 20 ]. Massive hemoptysis (more than 600 mL/day) was the most serious presentation which was reported in 3 cases in our series; all of them were due to infected hydatid; mild to moderate hemoptysis was reported in 5 cases in our series.…”

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Conservative Surgical Management for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst: Analysis and Outcome of 148 Cases

Aldahmashi

Alassal

Kasb

et al. 2016

Canadian Respiratory Journal

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Background. Hydatid cyst (HC) disease is endemic in many developing countries, like Yemen, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, especially in the rural regions. The disease has a variable clinical courses and even might be asymptomatic for many years. Objectives. In giant and large pulmonary hydatid cysts, pulmonary resection is the usual method of surgical treatment. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the lung conservative surgery in treatment of cases with giant and large hydatid lung cysts, as an effective method of management. Patients and Methods. Between January 2009 and August 2014, a total of 148 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts were operated and their data was reviewed retrospectively and analyzed. Out of these cases, 52 (35.14%) cysts with more than 10 cm in diameter and 36 (24.32%) cysts with 5–9 cm were regarded as giant and large hydatid lung cysts, respectively. The small cysts less than 5 cm were presented in 8 (5.4%) cases only; other cases had ruptured cysts. Preservation of the lung tissues during surgery by cystotomy and Capitonnage was our conservative surgical methods of choice. Results. Eight patients developed bronchopleural fistula (BPF); of them, 4 BPFs have healed with chest tube and physiotherapy, but in the other 4 patients reoperation was done for the closure of persistent BPF. No mortality was observed in the present study. Conclusion. We conclude that conservative surgical procedure can achieve complete removal of the pulmonary hydatid cyst. Enucleation of the intact huge cysts is safe. Careful and secured closure of the bronchial communication should be done by purse string or figure-of-8 sutures, with or without Teflon pledgets. These simple procedures are safe, reliable, and successful.

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“…Albendazole is preferred because of its better bioavailability and the dose is 15mg/kg body weight per day in two daily doses approximately 800mg daily dose for minimum 3-6 months. It is not recommended in pregnancy particularly in first trimester due to its teratogenicity [15][16][17][18]. Horton et al [19] treated 500 patients of Echinococcosis giving those 800 mg of Albendazole daily two and half cycles with 14 days interval.…”

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Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts Causing Massive Hemoptysis and Hydatoptysis Treated Surgically: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Chaudhry

2018

IJOPRS

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A 52 years old male nonsmoker, presented with a history of shortness of breath, cough, hemoptysis and upper right upper quadrant abdominal pain for the last one month. No history of loss of weight or appetite. Patient was diagnosed six months ago as hydatid disease of liver and lung and he was commenced on oral scolicidial agent Abendazole by referring hospital. Computed tomographic scan of thorax and abdomen Demonstrated large bilateral pulmonary and hepatic cysts with typical radiological findings of hydatid cyst. Pulmonary cysts were excised by staged procedure and later on hepatic cyst were drained by interventional radiologist.

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Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung

Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung

Conservative Surgical Management for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst: Analysis and Outcome of 148 Cases

Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts Causing Massive Hemoptysis and Hydatoptysis Treated Surgically: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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