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Giant hydatid lung cyst - a case report

CISTO HIDÁTICO PULMONAR GIGANTE - RELATO DE UM CASO

Roger Klein Moreira, Daniela Koppe, Marlon Cesar Marconato, Juliana Machado Zignani, Marcelo de Abreu, Letícia H. Pitrez, Carlos Horácio Genro, Álvaro Porto Alegre Furtado



ABSTRACT

The authors report a case of a 55-year-old white male patient with radiological and postsurgical histopathological diagnosis of a giant lung hydatid cyst. The epidemiological, physiopathological and radiological findings of this disease are discussed.

Keywords: Hydatidosis. Hydatid cyst. Lung. Computed tomography.

RESUMO

Os autores relatam o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, com 55 anos de idade, branco, com diagnóstico radiológico e histopatológico pós-cirúrgico de cisto hidático pulmonar gigante. A epidemiologia, fisiopatologia e características radiológicas desta doença são discutidas.

Palavras-chave: Hidatidose. Cisto hidático. Pulmão. Tomografia computadorizada.


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