Pulmonary echinococcosis presenting as a pulmonary mass with chest pain, fever and non-productive cough
Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2013, Vol 30, Issue 2
Abstract
Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is caused by the larvae of the tapeworm Echinococcus. As it occurs only rarely in young people who reside in urban areas and do not report contact with animals the case is reported here of a 16 year-old girl who presented with chest pain, fever, and non-productive cough, in whom the diagnosis of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis was made. The patient underwent surgery for excision of the mass and was discharged on oral albendazole treatment. The diagnosis of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis should always be included in the differential diagnosis of a young patient presenting with a lung mass, chest pain, non-productive cough, and fever
Authors and Affiliations
G. MICHAS, E. VARYTIMIADI, A. VARYTIMIADI, M. MICHAIL
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