Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Hydatid cyst
- Radiologic Findings
- Fig 1. Chest PA shows an approximately 2-cm, well-circumscribed and lobulated nodular opacity in the right para-cardiac area of the right lower lobe.
Fig 2. Chest CT images show an approximately 1.7-cm, well-defined, lobulated cystic nodule in the subpleural region of the right lower lobe without obvious enhancement. There are no enlarged lymph nodes in the mediastinum.
Fig 3. Abdominal CT image shows an approximately 5.5-cm, well-defined cystic mass in S5 of the liver, without internal septa or calcification.
CT, computed tomography.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection was performed from the right lower lobe. On gross examination, the lesion was a well-demarcated, whitish, soft mass (21.5 cm). The final pathological diagnosis was unilocular cyst containing laminated membranes, favoring hydatid cyst.
Liver segmentectomy was also performed, and the pathological diagnosis was Echinococcosis hydatid cyst.
- Brief Review
- References
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3. Garg MK, Sharma M, Gulati A, Gorsi U, Aggarwal AN, Agarwal R, et al. Imaging in pulmonary hydatid cysts. World journal of radiology. 2016;8(6):581-7.
- Keywords
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Lung, Infection, Parasitic infection,