Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain

Hydatid pulmonary embolism rarely occurs. It arises from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a case with pulmonary hydatidosis resulting in a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 56-year-old woman with history of h...

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Autores principales: Mezgar, Zied, Khrouf, Mariem, Ben Soltane, Houda, Mahjoub, Mohamed, Ben Fredj, Sihem, Amara, Amel, Jedidi, Maher, Sandid, Samar Hajer, Zaouali, Sarra, Waz, Ines, Saada, Asma, Methamem, Mehdi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831910
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author Mezgar, Zied
Khrouf, Mariem
Ben Soltane, Houda
Mahjoub, Mohamed
Ben Fredj, Sihem
Amara, Amel
Jedidi, Maher
Sandid, Samar Hajer
Zaouali, Sarra
Waz, Ines
Saada, Asma
Methamem, Mehdi
author_facet Mezgar, Zied
Khrouf, Mariem
Ben Soltane, Houda
Mahjoub, Mohamed
Ben Fredj, Sihem
Amara, Amel
Jedidi, Maher
Sandid, Samar Hajer
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description Hydatid pulmonary embolism rarely occurs. It arises from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a case with pulmonary hydatidosis resulting in a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 56-year-old woman with history of hepatic echinococcosis. A brief overview of clinical features and radiologic findings is presented.
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spelling pubmed-59713272018-06-03 Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain Mezgar, Zied Khrouf, Mariem Ben Soltane, Houda Mahjoub, Mohamed Ben Fredj, Sihem Amara, Amel Jedidi, Maher Sandid, Samar Hajer Zaouali, Sarra Waz, Ines Saada, Asma Methamem, Mehdi Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Hydatid pulmonary embolism rarely occurs. It arises from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a case with pulmonary hydatidosis resulting in a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 56-year-old woman with history of hepatic echinococcosis. A brief overview of clinical features and radiologic findings is presented. Hindawi 2018-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5971327/ /pubmed/29862109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831910 Text en Copyright © 2018 Zied Mezgar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Mezgar, Zied
Khrouf, Mariem
Ben Soltane, Houda
Mahjoub, Mohamed
Ben Fredj, Sihem
Amara, Amel
Jedidi, Maher
Sandid, Samar Hajer
Zaouali, Sarra
Waz, Ines
Saada, Asma
Methamem, Mehdi
Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain
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title_full Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain
title_fullStr Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain
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title_short Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain
title_sort case of massive hydatid pulmonary embolism incidentally discovered in a 56-year-old woman with posttraumatic abdominal pain
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831910
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