Hydatid cyst

3-8 mm long, is a small noise factor ekinokokkus granülaris dogs, cats and other animals are sometimes passed to people. Hydatid disease is endemic in Turkey and is followed quite often.

Placed in the lower lobes of the lung cyst several times. Clinical symptoms vary depending on the size of the cyst and settled down. The main symptom of cough many times overlooked. Cyst tears of allergic shock, hemoptysis, lung cyst, proliferation, leads to complications of multiple abscesses and empyema. By growing pressure from the cyst with dyspnea, dysphagia, Horner's syndrome, or superior vena cava syndrome may develop.
Chest X-ray one, sometimes more than one section diameter 1-10. round, around the uniform, homogeneous "ball" is a condensation. Displacement of the mediastinum, atelectasis, or pleural effusion can be monitored.

Around the cyst is thin, the former cyst kalsifıyedir circles, lotus flower is an important finding for diagnostic view. Sometimes the wall between the cyst capsule and infiltrating the halo or air meniscus sign (moon-shaped air ring seen within the cyst) is husule. Meniscus symptoms of lung tuberculosis, aspergilosis, diseases such as cancer and abscesses may also occur. Radiological appearances of hydatid cyst of lung tumors can look like. Cases of pulmonary hydatid cyst in the cyst is located in the liver by 40% in this regard, for example, abdominal ultrasound of liver should be examined.

Hydatid cyst in 30% of patients have eosinophilia. Serological tests positive for 60-90% cases. The most specific and significant serological diagnosis of hydatid cyst İmmünoelektroforez test is a test.

Hydatid cyst disease, the treatment of choice is to remove the cyst surgically. Albendazole and mebendazole (vermox) as an aid to surgery or drugs used in cases of surgical intervention is contraindicated.