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Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion
Author(s) -
AKTOĞU ÖZKAN Serir,
ERER Onur F.,
A YALÇIN Yavuz,
YUNCU Gökhan,
AYDOĞDU Zekiye
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01054.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , pleural effusion , eosinophilic , hydatid cyst , differential diagnosis , pleural disease , effusion , pleural fluid , cyst , pathology , radiology , respiratory disease , surgery , lung
A 61‐year‐old woman presented with an eosinophilic pleural effusion, secondary to transdiaphragmatic intrapleural spread of an hepatic hydatid cyst. Right posterolateral thoracotomy and frenotomy revealed a loculated pleural effusion associated with a 10 × 8 cm hydatid cyst in the posterior segment of the liver. Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusions in endemic regions.