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SEQUELAE OF TREATMENT OF HYDATID CYSTS OF THE LUNG
Author(s) -
Fitzpatrick S. C.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1951.tb03757.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiectasis , lung abscess , lung , anaphylactic shock , empyema , surgery , echinococcosis , cyst , abscess , shock (circulatory) , radiology , allergy , anaphylaxis , immunology
Summary The results of treatment of 80 cases of hydatid cyst of the lung are given: 4 were fatal; the sequelae discussed are:‐ Anaphylactic shock; Lung hydatid abscess; persistent cavity, and chronic empyema; recurrence of daughter cysts; fibrosis and bronchiectasis. Methods of prevention and treatment of sequelae are referred to.