Conservative management of a ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2007 Dec;42(12):1229-32. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20638.

Abstract

Pulmonary hydatid cysts in children frequently develop complications such as infection and air leaks. Surgery combined with medical therapy remains the standard form of treatment. We report a 7-year-old child who developed rupture of a large pulmonary hydatid cyst following chest trauma; conservative management resulted in successful expulsion of the cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antibodies, Helminth / analysis
  • Antinematodal Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Child
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Echinococcus granulosus / immunology
  • Echinococcus granulosus / isolation & purification
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mebendazole / administration & dosage*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Sputum / parasitology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Mebendazole