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Case Reports
. 1980 Jul;74(3):306-8.
doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(80)90062-5.

Treatment of a ruptured hydatid cyst of lung with mebendazole

P P Mulhall
Case Reports

Treatment of a ruptured hydatid cyst of lung with mebendazole

P P Mulhall. Br J Dis Chest. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

Mebendazole was given prophylactically to a patient with a ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst before surgical excision of the cyst. The cyst size was reduced by half and there was no radiological or immunological evidence of the presence of active secondary disease 15 months after rupture. The primary cyst was invaded by fungal hyphae, probably Aspergillus, and the danger of abscess or mycetoma formation if surgery is not carried out after chemotherapy is emphasized.

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