Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion

AKTOĞU ÖZKAN, SERIR
ERER, ONUR F.
A YALÇIN, YAVUZ
YUNCU, GÖKHAN
AYDOĞDU, ZEKIYE

¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, ²Department of Thoracic Surgery and ³Department of Pathology, Izmir Training Hospital for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Yenisehir, Izmir, Turkey

Correspondence: Serir Aktoğu Ozkan, Izmir Training Hospital for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery (Izmir Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Aratırma Hastanesi), 35110, Yeniehir, Izmir, Turkey. Email: [email protected]

Received 2 December 2005; invited to revise 15 December 2005; revised 2 February 2006; accepted 2 February 2006 (Associate Editor: YC Gary Lee).

Respirology 12(3):p 462-464, May 2007.

A 61-year-old woman presented with an eosinophilic pleural effusion, secondary to transdiaphragmatic intrapleural spread of an hepatic hydatid cyst. Right posterolateral thoracotomy and frenotomy revealed a loculated pleural effusion associated with a 10 × 8 cm hydatid cyst in the posterior segment of the liver. Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusions in endemic regions.