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Case Reports: Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Pulmonary hydatic disease presenting as solid mass with haemoptysis in a child
  1. Delano Rhode1,
  2. Pierre Goussard1,
  3. Savvas Andronikou2,
  4. Pawel Schubert3 and
  5. Jacques Janson4
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Perelman School,of Medicine, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  3. 3Division of Anatomical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
  4. 4Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
  1. Correspondence to Professor Pierre Goussard; pgouss{at}sun.ac.za

Abstract

A middle childhood HIV-negative female patient presented with three episodes of haemoptysis. The chest X-ray demonstrated an oval-shaped, well-circumscribed left upper lobe homogenous opacification. She did not respond to tuberculosis treatment. A left upper lobectomy was performed for a solid mass in the lung, and hydatic disease was histologically confirmed. Calcification was found in the pulmonary lesion. Pulmonary hydatic cyst rarely presents as a solid lesion with calcifications and haemoptysis.

  • Tuberculosis
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Paediatrics

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-253463

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DR, PG, SA, PS and JJ were involved in the clinical management and follow-up of this patient. All were equally responsible for writing and editing the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.