Hydatid lung cyst in a 5-year-boy presenting with prolonged fever

South African Journal of Child Health

Suman Kotwal³  Hakim Irfan Showkat³  Rubina Lone⁵  Arif Hussein Sarmast⁴  Fazl Q Parray⁴  Iftikhar Bakhshi¹  Sohail Farooq Mir⁴  Abid Amin²  Faheem Arshad¹ 

[1] deptt of paediatrics SKIMS medical college srinagar india;deptt of internal medicine SKIMS srinagar india;deptt of surgery SKIMS srinagar india;asst. prof SKIMS Medical college

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学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Health and Medical Publishing Group

【 摘 要 】

Cystic echinococcosis is the larval cystic stage (echinococcal cysts) of a small taeniid-type tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus) that may cause illness in intermediate hosts, generally herbivorous animals and people who are infected accidentally. Pulmonary hydatid cysts are typical, involving one lobe in 72% of cases, usually at the lung base. In the paediatric age group, boys are affected more commonly than girls. We present a case of isolated hydatid cyst of the lung in a 5-year-old boy from a nomadic cattle-rearing tribe.

【 授权许可】

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