Pulmonary artery embolism due to a ruptured hepatic hydatid cyst: clinical and radiologic imaging findings

Emerg Radiol. 2011 Oct;18(5):437-9. doi: 10.1007/s10140-011-0953-8. Epub 2011 Apr 15.

Abstract

Hydatid pulmonary embolism is an uncommon condition resulting from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a rare case with multiple intra-arterial pulmonary hydatid cyst emboli originating from a hepatic hydatid cyst ruptured into the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava. We present the ultrasonography findings of hepatic hydatid cyst and multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography images demonstrating both multiple hydatid cyst emboli and their hepatic origin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Cetirizine / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Embolism / parasitology*
  • Rupture
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Albendazole
  • Cetirizine