HYDATID PULMONARY EMBOLISM: AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLICATION OF HYDATID DISEASE

Pulmonary Embolism as a Rare Complication of Liver Hydatid Cyst: Report of Two Cases

Hydatid cyst is a helminth infection. The rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst in inferior vena cava is a rare and lethal complication. Pulmonary embolism is the commonest manifestation. The diagnosis of hydatid cyst is made by histopathological or serological examination, and imaging may suggest the probability of hydatid cyst. Surgical treatment should be performed with caution and always under ...

Acute pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts.

Pulmonary hydatid disease.

Pulmonary hydatid disease is a particular radiological diagnostic problem when the hydatid is small, single, and symptomless, so that distinction must be made from the numerous other causes of isolated, peripheral pulmonary lesions. The technique of delivery of a pulmonary hydatid cyst, different from the management of other single peripheral lesions, makes preoperative recognition of hydatid d...

An extremely large primary omental hydatid cyst: report of a rare case

  Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus (larval form) in humans with lesions most frequently encountered in the liver and lungs. It can rarely involve extra-hepatic organs. It is endemic in some regions of Iran. The omental hydatid cyst is a very rare manifestation of the disease. This report presents the interesting case of a very large omental hydatid cyst.

The treatment of pulmonary hydatid disease.

There is at present no medical treatment for hydatid cysts, wherever they may be situated. Some, especially in the liver, die and become harmless calcified masses. Some in the lung may be completely coughed up without the occurrence of complications, and perfect cure may follow. Dew and Devd, among others, believe that more people than we know of cough up their cysts and never seek medical advi...