Juniper Publishers-International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences
Iatrogenically Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Presenting as Haemoptysis - A Case Report by Sumit Mehra in Juniper Publishers in International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences
A 35-year-old male patient presented to us with complaint of massive haemoptysis. His chest radiograph revealed a characteristic water lily sign indicative of ruptured hydatid cyst. Patient then gave the history of inadvertent aspiration from the cyst by a private practitioner. Cystic fluid on examination had showed plenty of hooklets and scolices of Echinococcus granulosus. Diagnosis of hydatidosis was further confirmed by serology. Patient was then put on supportive treatment along with albendazole chemotherapy and he improved on them suggestive of efficacy of albendazole even in case of complicated hydatid cyst such as rupture.
