Pulmonary hydatic disease presenting as solid mass with haemoptysis in a child. Issue 1 (23rd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rhode, Delano; Goussard, Pierre; Andronikou, Savvas; Schubert, Pawel; Janson, Jacques
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 16:Issue 1(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-01-23
• Subjects: Tuberculosis -- Cardiothoracic surgery -- Paediatrics; Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253463
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : A middle childhood HIV-negative female patient presented with three episodes of haemoptysis. The chest X-ray demonstrated an oval-shaped, well-circumscribed left upper lobe homogenous opacification. She did not respond to tuberculosis treatment. A left upper lobectomy was performed for a solid mass in the lung, and hydatic disease was histologically confirmed. Calcification was found in the pulmonary lesion. Pulmonary hydatic cyst rarely presents as a solid lesion with calcifications and haemoptysis.