An Imported Case of Echinococcosis in a Pregnant Lady with Unusual Presentation
Joint Authors
Mazhar, Rashid
al-Ani, Ahmed
Elzouki, Abdel-Naser
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 31-year-old Syrian pregnant (25-week duration) patient who was managed as a case of bronchial asthma for one year because of chronic cough and progressive breathlessness presented to the Accident and Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital, Doha, with cough and shortness of breath.
On the day of admission, she coughed large amount of yellowish watery material which was salty and sour in taste.
She was found by radiological investigations to have multiple giant hydatid cysts (three in the lungs and one in the liver), with ruptured cyst in the left lung.
We report here an unusual case of giant multiple pulmonary hydatidosis localized in the lungs and masquerading as bronchial asthma in a pregnant lady.
The case represents an uncommon situation of a common disease of rupture of hydatid cyst of the lung in a pregnant lady in her 3rd trimester.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ani, Ahmed& Elzouki, Abdel-Naser& Mazhar, Rashid. 2013. An Imported Case of Echinococcosis in a Pregnant Lady with Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ani, Ahmed…[et al.]. An Imported Case of Echinococcosis in a Pregnant Lady with Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005776
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ani, Ahmed& Elzouki, Abdel-Naser& Mazhar, Rashid. An Imported Case of Echinococcosis in a Pregnant Lady with Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005776
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1005776