Open AccessA complicated pulmonary hydatid cyst resembling a tumour in an adult on PET scan: a case report
Author(s) -
Bassam Darwish,
Mhd Belal Alsabek,
Ameer Kakaje
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of surgical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2042-8812
DOI - 10.1093/jscr/rjaa448
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , hydatid cyst , radiology , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , medical diagnosis , cyst , pathology
Complicated pulmonary cysts have a wide range of possible diagnoses with different approaches as they can be benign or malignant. They can resemble malignancies in symptoms and imaging, mainly on positron emission tomography (PET) scan, which can increase the false positivity. We present an infected hydatid cyst resembling a malignancy as it presented with weight loss in a smoker and had necrosis and malignance features on computed tomography and PET scans. However, serology tests and fine needle aspiration were suggestive of a hydatid cyst, which made this case quite unique. Other diagnoses should always be suspected even if the malignancy was highly likely due to other lesions can resemble malignancies.