Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis
Pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts is a very rare pathology. A 55-year-old male was transferred to our hospital due to respiratory failure, as a result of left pulmonary artery obstruction by cystic lesions. His medical history included multiple operations for abdominal echinococcosis. He was u...
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doaj-19e51b88ae7048898a9ac3275cfeb7e82020-11-25T03:00:38ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712020-01-0130101054Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosisSotirios Kotoulas0Konstantinos Grapatsas1Vasileios Leivaditis2Ioannis Panagiotou3Emmanouil Spiridakis4Uyen-Thao Le5Thomas Osei-Agyemang6Christophoros Kotoulas7Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, “Iaso” General Hospital, Athens, GreeceCardiothoracic Surgery Department, “Iaso” General Hospital, Athens, Greece; Cardiac Surgery Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Germany; Corresponding author. Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical Center-University of Freiburg Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, GermanyCardiothoracic Surgery Department, “Iaso” General Hospital, Athens, Greece; Cardiac Surgery Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceCardiothoracic Surgery Department, “Iaso” General Hospital, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, GermanyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, GermanyCardiothoracic Surgery Department, “Iaso” General Hospital, Athens, Greece; Cardiac Surgery Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreecePulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts is a very rare pathology. A 55-year-old male was transferred to our hospital due to respiratory failure, as a result of left pulmonary artery obstruction by cystic lesions. His medical history included multiple operations for abdominal echinococcosis. He was urgently operated for the extraction of the proximal hydatid cysts with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass with an excellent outcome and six months later through a right thoracotomy for the distal right pulmonary artery, the cysts were extracted. Meanwhile, he followed additional medication treatment with albendazole, preoperatively as well as postoperatively. Today, 5 years later, he has no evidence of hydatidosis recurrence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007120300757Hydatid diseaseEchinococcosisHydatidosisPulmonary embolismSurgery |
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Sotirios Kotoulas Konstantinos Grapatsas Vasileios Leivaditis Ioannis Panagiotou Emmanouil Spiridakis Uyen-Thao Le Thomas Osei-Agyemang Christophoros Kotoulas Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Hydatid disease Echinococcosis Hydatidosis Pulmonary embolism Surgery |
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Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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Massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: A rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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massive pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts: a rare postoperative complication of liver echinococcosis |
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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2213-0071 |
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Pulmonary embolism due to hydatid cysts is a very rare pathology. A 55-year-old male was transferred to our hospital due to respiratory failure, as a result of left pulmonary artery obstruction by cystic lesions. His medical history included multiple operations for abdominal echinococcosis. He was urgently operated for the extraction of the proximal hydatid cysts with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass with an excellent outcome and six months later through a right thoracotomy for the distal right pulmonary artery, the cysts were extracted. Meanwhile, he followed additional medication treatment with albendazole, preoperatively as well as postoperatively. Today, 5 years later, he has no evidence of hydatidosis recurrence. |
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Hydatid disease Echinococcosis Hydatidosis Pulmonary embolism Surgery |
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