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Unintentional percutaneous aspiration of a pleural hydatid cyst
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Unintentional percutaneous aspiration of a pleural hydatid cyst

M A al Karawi, A R Mohamed, B O el Tayeb and M I Yasawy
Thorax, Vol.46(11), pp.859-860
01/11/1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.46.11.859
PMCID: PMC1021047
PMID: 1771611

Abstract

Echinococcosis - complications Echinococcosis - surgery Echinococcosis, Hepatic - complications Humans Male Middle Aged Pleural Diseases - complications Pleural Diseases - surgery Pleural Effusion - etiology Suction
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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