Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis Presenting as Refractory Lung Abscess in a 14 Year Old Child

Abstract

The prevalence of hydatid disease in North India is higher than it is actually diagnosed and reported. It manifests as a wide variety of symptoms due to different organs affected by the disease. We describe a young girl with clinical and radiological features of suppurative lung abscess subjected to lobectomy due to lack of response to appropriate antibiotic therapy. Surgery was curative as histopathology of the resected specimen clinched the diagnosis of pulmonary cystic hydatid.

Keywords

• Lung abscess
• echinococcosis
• pulmonary cystic hydatid