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Hydatid lung cyst in a 5-year-boy presenting with prolonged fever
Hakim Irfan Showkat, Arif Hussein Sarmast, Abid Amin, Sohail Farooq Mir, Suman Kotwal, Fazl Q Parray, Rubina Lone, Faheem Arshad, Iftikhar Bakhshi
Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis is the larval cystic stage (echinococcal cysts) of a small taeniid-type tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus) that may cause illness in intermediate hosts, generally herbivorous animals and people who are infected accidentally. Pulmonary hydatid cysts are typical, involving one lobe in 72% of cases, usually at the lung base. In the paediatric age group, boys are affected more commonly than girls. We present a case of isolated hydatid cyst of the lung in a 5-year-old boy from a nomadic cattle-rearing tribe.
Authors' affiliations
Hakim Irfan Showkat, deptt of internal medicine SKIMS srinagar india
Arif Hussein Sarmast, deptt of surgery SKIMS srinagar india
Abid Amin, deptt of paediatrics SKIMS medical college srinagar india
Sohail Farooq Mir, deptt of surgery SKIMS srinagar india
Suman Kotwal, deptt of internal medicine SKIMS srinagar india
Fazl Q Parray, deptt of surgery SKIMS srinagar india
Rubina Lone, asst. prof SKIMS Medical college
Faheem Arshad,
Iftikhar Bakhshi,
Keywords
: hydatid , lung , cyst ,capitonnage ,
Cite this article
South African Journal of Child Health 2012;6(1):23-25.
Article History
Date submitted: 2011-06-19
Date published: 2012-02-24
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