1. Complications of albendazole treatment in hydatid disease of lung.
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Kurkcuoglu IC, Eroglu A, Karaoglanoglu N, and Polat P
- Subjects
- Adult, Central Nervous System Cysts drug therapy, Central Nervous System Cysts microbiology, Echinococcosis diagnostic imaging, Echinococcosis surgery, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary diagnostic imaging, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary drug therapy, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary surgery, Embolectomy, Embolism surgery, Female, Heart Diseases drug therapy, Heart Diseases microbiology, Humans, Lung diagnostic imaging, Rupture, Spontaneous, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Albendazole therapeutic use, Anthelmintics therapeutic use, Echinococcosis drug therapy, Embolism microbiology, Femoral Artery surgery
- Abstract
We present rupture of lung hydatid cyst in a patient with multiple organ involvement during albendazole treatment. The patient was first provided mechanical ventilation than residue cavity and the other intact cyst was treated surgically. We concluded that albendazole should be used in postoperative period in patients with hydatid disease of the lung to prevent recurrent disease.
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- 2002
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