Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion

Respirology. 2007 May;12(3):462-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01054.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / pathology
  • Echinococcus granulosus / pathogenicity
  • Eosinophils / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / parasitology
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology*
  • Pleural Effusion / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed