Abstract
A 61-year-old woman presented with an eosinophilic pleural effusion, secondary to transdiaphragmatic intrapleural spread of an hepatic hydatid cyst. Right posterolateral thoracotomy and frenotomy revealed a loculated pleural effusion associated with a 10 x 8 cm hydatid cyst in the posterior segment of the liver. Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusions in endemic regions.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications
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Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / complications*
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Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
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Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / pathology
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Echinococcus granulosus / pathogenicity
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Eosinophils / pathology*
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Female
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Humans
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Lung / parasitology
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Middle Aged
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Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
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Pleural Effusion / etiology*
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Pleural Effusion / pathology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed