Ruptured hydatid cyst presenting as pneumothorax

Patients with echinococcus infection are mostly asymptomatic. The documented rates of simple pneumothorax in patients with pulmonary hydatidosis ranged from 2.4% - 6.2%. We report a case of a forty-year-old male patient who was referred to our hospital for management of recurrent pneumothorax. A vi...

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Main Authors: Saulat H Fatimi, Nida Sajjad, Marium Muzaffar, Hashim M Hanif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/538
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