Open AccessCan Large Hydatid Cysts Resolve with Medical Treatment Alone?
Author(s) -
Donald Simon,
C F N Koegelenberg,
Soumitra Sinha Roy,
Brian Allwood,
Elvis Irusen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000451032
Subject(s) - medicine , albendazole , echinococcosis , lung , surgery , medical therapy , medical treatment , helminthiasis , radiology , general surgery , intensive care medicine , pathology
A 66-year-old female from a rural area in South Africa presented with non-life-threatening haemoptysis. Radiologic and serological investigations attributed her symptoms to bilateral, large echinococcal cysts. She declined surgery despite her lung physiologic parameters, which deemed her eligible. Medical therapy with oral albendazole was initiated with excellent clinical and radiologic response during a follow-up period of 18 months. To our knowledge, this is one of the first reported cases in the literature that shows complete resolution of bilateral large echinococcal cysts with medical treatment alone in an adult patient.