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Pneumothorax in pregnancy secondary to ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst
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Pneumothorax in pregnancy secondary to ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst

Iftikhar Ahmed, Waseem Hajjar, Ahmed Nageeb Alakeed, Salah Rahal, Zohair Alhariri and Sami Alnassar
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan, Vol.22(3), pp.189-191
01/03/2012
PMID: 22414366

Abstract

Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibodies, Helminth - analysis Diagnosis, Differential Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - complications Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - therapy Echinococcus granulosus - immunology Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Pneumonectomy Pneumothorax - diagnostic imaging Pneumothorax - parasitology Pneumothorax - therapy Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - diagnosis Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - parasitology Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - therapy Radiography, Thoracic Rupture, Spontaneous Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult
Hydatid disease in pregnancy is a rare condition. Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst with pneumothorax during pregnancy is potentially serious for both the patient and the fetus. Diagnosis, treatment, and the mode of delivery of the infant all present complex problems related to this event. We describe here a case of pneumothorax occurring during pregnancy secondary to ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst with a good outcome for both the mother and the fetus.

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