A Child With Large Pulmonary and Liver Cysts

Yuelin Shen; Wenbo Yu; Penggao Wang

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.11834

A Child With Large Pulmonary and Liver Cysts

JAMA. 2023 Jul 25;330(4):372-373. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.11834.

Authors

Yuelin Shen^{1

2}, Wenbo Yu³, Penggao Wang³

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Department II, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China.
² Respiratory Department, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, China.
³ Thoracic Surgery Department, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, China.

PMID: 37418277
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.11834

No abstract available

Plain language summary

A previously healthy 7-year-old had 1 week of fevers, productive cough, and lethargy, which did not improve after 3 days of oral cefuroxime. He lived in a rural area and had close contact with dogs, cattle, and sheep. White blood cell count was 8000/μL, with 25.8% eosinophils; computed tomography showed a ruptured right upper lobe pulmonary cyst and 3 liver cysts. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Cysts* / etiology
Humans
Liver Diseases* / etiology
Lung Diseases* / etiology

Supplementary concepts

Polycystic liver disease