Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4222745 | Clinical Imaging | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Hydatid disease (HD) is a worldwide parasitic disease. Echinococcosis may involve many organs but affect most commonly liver and lungs. The location of echinococcal cysts inside pulmonary artery is extremely rare. Radiologic findings range from purely cystic lesions to a completely solid appearance. Hydatid cysts (HC) can be solitary or multiple and varies size. Pulmonary artery embolism of HC can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. When symptomatic, we see the chest pain, dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis and sometimes acute cor pulmonale or sudden death secondary to massive giant pulmonary artery embolism of HC.
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Hanifi Bayaroğullari, Ramazan Davran, Yeliz Çavuş, Tülin Durgun Yetim, Ömer Evirgen,