Bilateral pulmonary hydathidic cyst with fatal outlet: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
Junior Julio Zapata Choque

Hydatidosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus Granulosus, its life cycle includes dogs, sheep and others; liver involvement is the most frequent (65%-75%), followed by the lung (10%-25%), in Peru the pulmonary location is 60%. Its signs and symptoms are produced by the mass effect, its superinfection or anaphylactic reactions secondary to its rupture. We present the case of a 24-year-old insulin-dependent patient with type I diabetes mellitus, hypertension and diabetic retinopathy with bilateral pulmonary hydatidosis. A cystectomy was performed without complications and a lobectomy that was complicated with admission to the ICU until the death of the patient. Diabetes mellitus causes a state of immunosuppression which caused the advanced state of the patient's parasitosis, as well as being related to multiple intra- and postoperative complications and even leading to the death of the patient.

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Torella ◽  
Teresa Salvatore ◽  
Domenico Cozzolino ◽  
Franco Grandillo ◽  
Dario Giugliano

Diabetes ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 927-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Rich ◽  
L. R. Weitkamp ◽  
S. Guttormsen ◽  
J. Barbosa

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