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Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young
Echinococcosis can involve any organ. The liver is the most common organ involved, followed by the lungs. Depending on the location of involvement it can have varied presentation. We describe a young adult presenting with chest pain secondary to a pulmonary giant hydatid cyst. A pulmonary hydatid cy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129599/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125814 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.135770 |
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author | Kalpana, SR Sridhar, Kumsi Murugan, Balaji Moorthy, Nagaraja Nanjappa, Manjunath C |
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description | Echinococcosis can involve any organ. The liver is the most common organ involved, followed by the lungs. Depending on the location of involvement it can have varied presentation. We describe a young adult presenting with chest pain secondary to a pulmonary giant hydatid cyst. A pulmonary hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain without conventional risk factors of coronary artery disease, especially in a tropical region. |
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spelling | pubmed-41295992014-08-14 Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young Kalpana, SR Sridhar, Kumsi Murugan, Balaji Moorthy, Nagaraja Nanjappa, Manjunath C Lung India Pictorial CME Echinococcosis can involve any organ. The liver is the most common organ involved, followed by the lungs. Depending on the location of involvement it can have varied presentation. We describe a young adult presenting with chest pain secondary to a pulmonary giant hydatid cyst. A pulmonary hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain without conventional risk factors of coronary artery disease, especially in a tropical region. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4129599/ /pubmed/25125814 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.135770 Text en Copyright: © Lung India 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. |
spellingShingle | Pictorial CME Kalpana, SR Sridhar, Kumsi Murugan, Balaji Moorthy, Nagaraja Nanjappa, Manjunath C Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title | Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title_full | Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title_fullStr | Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title_full_unstemmed | Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title_short | Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
title_sort | hydatid cyst of lung: an uncommon cause of chest pain in young |
topic | Pictorial CME |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129599/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125814 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.135770 |
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