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Spontaneous rupture of lung echinococcal cyst causing anaphylactic shock and respiratory distress syndrome
  1. R A Fanne1,
  2. M Khamaisi1,2,
  3. D Mevorach1,
  4. E Leitersdorf1,
  5. N Berkman2,
  6. U Laxer2,
  7. B Maly3
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine B, Hadassah University Hospital and The Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
  2. 2Diabetes Center, Hadassah University Hospital and The Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
  3. 3Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and The Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
  4. 4Department of Pathology, Hadassah University Hospital and The Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr R A Fanne
    Department of Internal Medicine B, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University School of Medicine, Kiryat Hadassah, P O Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; arami{at}hadassah.org.il

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2005.051441

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    A 21 year old woman was admitted to hospital with a persistent productive cough, dyspnoea, and fever. There was no history of sweats or haemoptysis. At admission a chest radiograph showed a 6 cm lesion at the base of the left lower lobe with an air fluid level (fig 1A⇓) and an additional cavitary lesion in the left apex. The blood count was within the normal range with 0.7% eosinophils.

    Figure 1

     (A) Chest radiograph on …

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