1. Spontaneous expectoration of an isolated pulmonary hydatid cyst
- Author
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Animesh Ray and Umang Arora
- Subjects
Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tuberculosis ,Echinococcosis, Pulmonary ,Remission, Spontaneous ,Antibodies, Helminth ,Computed tomography ,Hydatid cyst ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Cyst ,Serologic Tests ,Dull chest pain ,Lung ,Productive Cough ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,Echinococcus ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cough ,Sputum ,Female ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
A 30-year-old woman presented with left-sided dull chest pain, productive cough and weight loss for 2 years. She denied fever, dyspnoea, night sweats or contact with patients afflicted by tuberculosis. Initial sputum workup was negative for tubercular, bacterial and fungal aetiologies, and a chest X-ray was unremarkable. CT scan of the lung revealed a large thick walled cyst in the left lower lobe, without any internal contents or … more...
- Published
- 2020