Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Hydatid cyst disease of the lung as an unusual cause of massive hemoptysis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Hydatid cyst disease of the lung as an unusual cause of massive hemoptysis a case report Celal Tekinbas 1 Suleyman Turedi2 Abdulkadir Gunduz2 and M Muharrem Erol1 Address Faculty of Medicine Department of Thoracic Surgery Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine 61080 Trabzon Turkey and 2Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine 61080 Trabzon Turkey Email Celal Tekinbas - celaltekinbas3@ Suleyman Turedi - suleymanturedi@ Abdulkadir Gunduz - gunduzkadir@ M Muharrem Erol - muharremerol@ Corresponding author Published 23 January 2009 Received 13 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 21 doi 1752-1947-3-21 Accepted 23 January 2009 This article is available from http content 3 1 21 2009 Tekinbas et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Echinococcosis and or hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In Turkey echinococcosis is an endemic disease however hydatid disease of the lung is uncommon and usually caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Case presentation In this report we describe a 17-year-old male patient who presented with massive hemoptysis due to hydatid disease of the lung. Conclusion Although it is one of the less common causes of massive hemoptysis hydatid disease of the lung requires greater attention in countries such as Turkey in which hydatid cyst disease is common. Introduction Echinococcosis and or hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In Turkey echinococcosis is an endemic disease and .
