Journals / Respiratory Case Reports / 2017 / Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 1

Co-incidence of Echinococcus alveolaris and Echinococcus granulosus in the Lung: A Rare Case

Akciğerde Ekinokokkus alveolaris ve Ekinokokkus granülosus Birlikteliği: Nadir Bir Olgu Sunumu

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Herein, we present a rare case with its different radiological appearance.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 61-year old male patient was referred to our hospital for further investigation.
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Key Findings & Data:Positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) was showed high metabolic activity uptakes (SUVmax: 4.68) of nodular densities in the left lung and low metabolic activity uptakes of mediastinal lymphadenopathies.
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Conclusion & Impact:Herein, we present a rare case with its different radiological appearance.
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A 61-year old male patient was referred to our hospital for further investigation. Thoracic computed tomography (CT) images showed multiple, some cavitatingspicular nodules in both lungs. Positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) was showed high metabolic activity uptakes (SUVmax: 4.68) of nodular densities in the left lung and low metabolic activity uptakes of mediastinal lymphadenopathies. Tru-cut lung biopsy was non-diagnostic. The patient was consulted with a thoracic surgeon for the left-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Wedge biopsy from the left lower and upper lobes was performed. The diagnosis was reported as Echinococcus alveolaris. The infectious disease specialist suggested albendazole treatment. Therapeutic left rethoracotomy and wedge resection plus excision of the cyst membrane were performed. The pathology result was reported as co-existence of E. alveolaris and E. granulosus. The co-existence of E. alveolaris and E. granulosus is rarely seen. Herein, we present a rare case with its different radiological appearance.

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Altmış bir yaşında erkek hasta, çekilen toraks bilgisayarlı tomografisinde her iki akciğerde spiküler uzanım ve bazıları kaviter özellik gösteren çok sayıda nodülleri olması nedeni ile ileri tetkik amaçlı yönlendirilmişti. Çekilen PET-BT'de sol akciğerde nodüler dansite artımlarına ait artmış metabolik aktivite tutulumları (SUVmax: 4.68), mediastende düşük metabolik aktivite tutulumu olan lenfadenopatiler saptandı. Hastaya transtorasik kesici iğne biyopsisi yapıldı, fakat tanısal olmadı. VATS ile sol alt ve üst lobdan wedge biyopsisi yapıldı. Biyopsi sonucu ekinokokkus alveolaris olarak geldi. Hastaya albendozol tedavisi başlandı. Tedavi amaçlı olarak sol retorakotomi yapıldı. Sol üst ve alt lobdan Wedge rezeksiyon ve kist membran eksizyonu yapıldı. Patoloji sonucu ekinokokkus alveolaris ve granülosus birlikteliği olarak raporlandı. Ekinokokkus alveolaris ve granülosus birlikteliği nadiren görülmektedir. Olgumuzu akciğerde bu birlikteliğin görülmesi ve farklı radyolojik görünümü nedeni ile sunmayı amaçladık.

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ÖZYÜREK, B. A., ERDOĞAN, Y., ÖZDEN, S. B., DEMİRAĞ, F., ÖZAYDIN, H. E., GÜLHAN, E. (2017). Co-incidence of Echinococcus alveolaris and Echinococcus granulosus in the Lung: A Rare Case. Respiratory Case Reports, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 1, 41–44. https://ajindex.com/articles/302557

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