Unintentional percutaneous aspiration of a pleural hydatid cyst
| Autor: | Yasawy Mi, B O el Tayeb, M. A. Al Karawi, Abdel Rahman El Shiekh Mohamed |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Suction (medicine) Male medicine.medical_specialty Echinococcosis Hepatic Percutaneous aspiration Pleural effusion Suction Albendazole Echinococcosis parasitic diseases medicine Humans business.industry Respiratory disease Pleural cavity respiratory system Middle Aged Pleural Diseases medicine.disease Surgery respiratory tract diseases Pleural Effusion medicine.anatomical_structure Effusion Radiology business medicine.drug Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 46(11) |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| Popis: | A Saudi man underwent repeated percutaneous aspiration of a pleural effusion before a pleural biopsy showed hydatid disease. Subsequent investigations confirmed hydatid disease in the pleura and liver. The patient underwent surgical evacuation and irrigation of the pleural cavity followed by medical treatment for the liver cyst with albendazole, with complete recovery and disappearance of the liver cyst. |
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