Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst -One Case Report-

Park, Sung Soo; Kim, Dong Sun; Lee, Min Kyo; Lee, Dong Hoo; Lee, Jung Hee; Kim, Chang Ho; Jeon, Seok Chol; Min, Duk Young

doi:1985.32.3.203

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 32(3); 1985 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1985;32(3):203-209.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1985.32.3.203 Published online September 1, 1985.

Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst -One Case Report-

Sung Soo Park¹, Dong Sun Kim¹, Min Kyo Lee¹, Dong Hoo Lee¹, Jung Hee Lee¹, Chang Ho Kim², Seok Chol Jeon³, Duk Young Min⁴

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
⁴Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

폐포충낭종 1예

박성수¹, 김동선¹, 이민교¹, 이동후¹, 이정희¹, 김창호², 전석철³, 민득영⁴

Abstract

Hydatid disease still remains an important public health problem in many sheep-rearing areas of the world, notably Uruguay, Argentine, North and South Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East extending from the Eastern Mediterranean littoral to Pakistan. Hydatoid cystic disease of the lung is rare in Korea. The increasing incidence of hydatidosis in Korea should be of great concern to both phy -sicians & public health officials because of increase of abroad employment into endemic area. The 31-year-old man had a history of spending 2 years in Middle East. One case of pulmonary hydrosis who were treated stirgically with a sucessful outcome reported in the li terature.