Case Report of Hydatid Cyst in the Pulmonary Artery Uncommon Presentation: CT and MRI Findings

BACKGROUND: Hydatid cysts can be found in any organ. In adults, the liver and lungs are the most common locations; hydatid cysts in the pulmonary artery are rare. CLINICAL CASE: We present the case of an 86-year-old female with a history of hepatic hydatid cyst since 2012, who presented with complai...

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Autores principales: Almutairi, Arwa, Al Rajhi, Sulaiman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1301072
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description BACKGROUND: Hydatid cysts can be found in any organ. In adults, the liver and lungs are the most common locations; hydatid cysts in the pulmonary artery are rare. CLINICAL CASE: We present the case of an 86-year-old female with a history of hepatic hydatid cyst since 2012, who presented with complaints of chronic productive cough, yellowish-green sputum, and dyspnea. CT and MRI showed multiseptate hydatid cysts in the right pulmonary artery.
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spelling pubmed-59769412018-06-03 Case Report of Hydatid Cyst in the Pulmonary Artery Uncommon Presentation: CT and MRI Findings Almutairi, Arwa Al Rajhi, Sulaiman Case Rep Radiol Case Report BACKGROUND: Hydatid cysts can be found in any organ. In adults, the liver and lungs are the most common locations; hydatid cysts in the pulmonary artery are rare. CLINICAL CASE: We present the case of an 86-year-old female with a history of hepatic hydatid cyst since 2012, who presented with complaints of chronic productive cough, yellowish-green sputum, and dyspnea. CT and MRI showed multiseptate hydatid cysts in the right pulmonary artery. Hindawi 2018-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5976941/ /pubmed/29862110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1301072 Text en Copyright © 2018 Arwa Almutairi and Sulaiman Al Rajhi. 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.
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title_short Case Report of Hydatid Cyst in the Pulmonary Artery Uncommon Presentation: CT and MRI Findings
title_sort case report of hydatid cyst in the pulmonary artery uncommon presentation: ct and mri findings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976941/
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