Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report

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Uğur Y., Taşlıdere B.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, vol.11, no.3, pp.68-70, 2020 (ESCI)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 11 Issue: 3
• Publication Date: 2020
• Doi Number: 10.33706/jemcr.735428
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
• Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Page Numbers: pp.68-70
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Hydatid cyst disease (hydatidosis or echinococcosis) is an important parasitic disease in all societies engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, where environmental health and preventive medicine measures are insufficient. Lung hydatid cyst is a zoonotic infection caused by larval forms (metasestod) of E. granulosus (EG).