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Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Found in a Foreign Worker from the Endemic Area -A case report-  

Suh, Jong-Hui (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Yong-Hwan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.41, no.4, 2008 , pp. 527-531 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection that is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is distributed worldwide, but it is rare in Korea. A 34-year old foreign male worker from Mongolia presented with cough and chest discomfort. Computed tomography of. the chest showed a cystic mass in the upper lobe of the right lung. The cyst was surgically resected, and the pathological study confirmed a hydatid cyst. The patient was given albendazole postoperatively to prevent a relapse. We report here on a surgical case of pulmonary hydatid disease along with a review of the literature.
Keywords
Echinococcosis; Cyst, lung; Infection; Parasite;
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