Rupture Lung Cyst Hydatid: A Case Report

Authors : Eren Usul, Mehmet Hoke, Anıl Gökçe

Pages : 112-114

Doi:10.38175/phnx.733810

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Publication Date : 2020-07-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that ongoing in visceral organs with cyst formation particularly by Echinococcus granulosus. The primarily effected organ is liver by hydatid cyst while the secondary is lungs. Chest pain, dyspnea, fever, weakness, cough, hemoptysis and phlegm are symptoms of pulmonary cystic hydatitosis in addition patients can be asymptomatic. The clinical symptoms differ to location and size of cyst. Herein, we aimed to report 30-year-old-woman having ruptured pulmonary cystic hydatitosis admitted to emergency department with cough, phlegm, dyspnea and fever.
Keywords : Kist hidatik, Akciğer