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. 2022 May 31;107(1):6-7.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0173. Online ahead of print.

Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Complicated by COVID-19

Recep Tekin  1 , Serdar Onat  2 , Rojbin Ceylan Tekin  3
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Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Complicated by COVID-19

Recep Tekin et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Radiological image showed a cavitary lesion, which is considered a ruptured hydatid cyst. (B–D) Noncontrast chest computed tomography scan showed an air-containing cystic lesion with an internal undulating and collapsed germinative membranes representing detached membranes of hydatid cyst.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Axial reformatted unenhanced thorax computed tomography image demonstrates subpleural ground-glass opacities (arrows) in the bilateral lung.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Gross examination showed removed cyst. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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