[A boy with thoracic pain]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2019 May 3:163:D3567.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A boy withthoracicpain A 15-year-old Iraqi boy who had been living in the Netherlands for 4 years was referred to a paediatric clinic due to malaise, thoracic pain and weight loss since 3 months. Imaging revealed multiple large cystic lesions in the right lung and liver, highly suggestive of echinococcosis, which was serologically confirmed. He was treated with albendazole and underwent lung surgery successfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chest Pain / diagnosis
  • Chest Pain / etiology*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung / surgery
  • Male
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*