Cystic echinococcosis

Hydatidosis or cyst hydatic disease is a cosmopolitan larval cestodosis caused principally by the <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> tapeworm, the adult form of which parasitises the intestine of dogs. Hydatidosis generally affects large domestic herbivores; humans are dead-end hosts, infected through contact with herding dogs or through ingestion of food contaminated with canine excrement.

Pleural effusion

The presence of an excessive amount of fluid in the pleural cavity.

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PMID (PMCID)
17539858	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion.
	Aktogu Ozkan S, Erer OF, A Yalcin Y, Yuncu G, Aydogdu Z. Respirology. 2007;12(3):462-4.
	Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusions in endemic regions.
1771611	MALE	Middle Aged
	Unintentional percutaneous aspiration of a pleural hydatid cyst.
	al Karawi MA, Mohamed AR, el Tayeb BO, Yasawy MI. Thorax. 1991;46(11):859-60.
	A Saudi man underwent repeated percutaneous aspiration of a pleural effusion before a pleural biopsy showed hydatid disease.
266324	FEMALE	Adult
	[Manifestation of echinococcosis in the chest cavity].
	Baric D, Jelic R, Padelin J, Relja P, Livakovic V, Zaharija M, Barbaric S. Acta Chir Iugosl. 1977;24(1 Suppl):225-33.
	In the interim from 1970 to 1974, the authors had occasion to encounter several patients with symptoms of hydatid disease in the chest, particularly with pleural effusion not always easily differentiated from effusions other etiology.