Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess

Hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old patient from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh who presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnoea, and hemoptysis due to hydatid disease of the lung. Although it is one of the less common c...

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Autores principales: Toleti, Sunita, Subbarao, MV, Dwarabu, Pragathi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23508291
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.97248
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description Hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old patient from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh who presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnoea, and hemoptysis due to hydatid disease of the lung. Although it is one of the less common causes of hemoptysis, hydatid disease of the lung requires greater attention in countries such as India, where hydatid cyst disease is common.
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spelling pubmed-35934982013-03-18 Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess Toleti, Sunita Subbarao, MV Dwarabu, Pragathi Trop Parasitol Case Report Hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old patient from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh who presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnoea, and hemoptysis due to hydatid disease of the lung. Although it is one of the less common causes of hemoptysis, hydatid disease of the lung requires greater attention in countries such as India, where hydatid cyst disease is common. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3593498/ /pubmed/23508291 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.97248 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Toleti, Sunita
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Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title_full Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title_fullStr Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title_full_unstemmed Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title_short Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
title_sort hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23508291
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