A Huge Hydatid Pulmonary Cyst

Abstract

Aviel Avraham Azulay,1,2 Yael Refaely,1,2 Leonid Ruderman,1,2 Lior Nesher,1,3 Michael Semionov1,4 1Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; 3Infectious Diseases Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; 4Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelCorrespondence: Aviel Avraham AzulayDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 151 Yitzhak Rager Blvd, Beer-Sheva, IsraelTel [phone]Fax [phone]Email [email protected]: This case report describes a patient with an unusually large pulmonary hydatid cyst and discusses important management issues.Keywords: hydatid disease, lung infection, surgery complications, anesthesia, re-expansion pulmonary edema

Keywords

• hydatid disease
• lung infection
• surgery complications
• anesthesia
• re-expansion pulmonary edema