Imaging features of the lungs hydatid cyst disseminated into the brain and spleen

Mojtaba Hedayat Yaghoobi; Mohammad Mahdi Sabahi; Mohammad Zibaei

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2019.05.005

Imaging features of the lungs hydatid cyst disseminated into the brain and spleen

Radiol Case Rep. 2019 May 22;14(8):903-905. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.05.005. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

Mojtaba Hedayat Yaghoobi¹, Mohammad Mahdi Sabahi², Mohammad Zibaei^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious diseases, Shahid Madani Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
² Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
³ Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
⁴ Evidence-based Phytotherapy and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.

Abstract

Hydatid cyst commonly affects liver followed by lung, but rarely affects may be found in almost any organ simultaneously. We present an unusual case of disseminated pulmonary hydatidosis and its imaging features before medical therapy. Diagnosis was confirmed by pathologic findings and positive response to antihelminthic drugs.

Keywords: Brain; Dissemination; Hydatid cyst; Lungs; Spleen.

Publication types

Case Reports