An unusual manifestation of hydatid disease: A case in a 20-year old male patient

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Fiker Eshetu¹  Jonathan Minagogo Hart²  Seyoum Kassa³ 

[1] Corresponding author.;

[2] Department of Surgery Black Lion Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;

[3] Department of Surgery Menelik II Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;

关键词: Hydatid cyst;    Extra-pulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cyst;    Zoonotic infection;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Echinococcosis is a re-emerging public health issue in developing countries as most communities are homes to dogs and other domesticated animals while cattle raising is a major habit of most sub-Saharan countries. The usual presentations include liver and lung cysts. While few documentations and publications have been made on extra-pulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cysts in other parts of the world, there has been no published document on extra-pulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cysts consisting of eighty or more cystic masses in a single patient in Ethiopia. We present a case of right sided extra-pulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cysts in a 20-year old Ethiopian male patient with compressive respiratory symptoms and significant social history of cohabiting with dogs throughout childhood. The patient was treated by surgery via a posterolateral thoracotomy and had a smooth Post-operative course and discharged home on postoperative day 15 on albendazole and analgesics. Intraoperative findings included approximately 1500 ml of cystic fluid, eighty cystic masses and collapsed lung.

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