An unusual presentation of pulmonary echinococcosis

Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 1998 Apr-Jun;40(2):141-5.

Abstract

A case of pulmonary hydatid disease presenting with right supraclavicular cystic swelling is being reported. Radiologically, the cyst had an extension into the chest wall with bony involvement in the form of destruction and thinning of the first and second ribs on the right side. The patient responded to albendazole therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / complications
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Thoracic Diseases / etiology*

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Albendazole