Muhammad Zaheer Abbasi, Muhammad Safeer Abbasi, Aleya Khan.
Pulmonary and hepatic hydatid disease in children.
J Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;8-12:580-4.

This is a retrospective study of cases of hydatid disease treated at the Children`s Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad in last 5 years. There were 10 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts (6 right lobe, 2 left lobe and 2 bilateral) and 4 with hepatic hydatid cysts (1 right lobe, 1 left lobe and 2 both lobes). The age ranged between 4 to 12 years, 12 patients between ages of 5-10 years. There were 7 male and 7 female children. A number of cases were misdiagnosed prior to visit to our department and were treated with antitiberculous therapy, antibiotics, chest intubation or aspiration. The Casoni skin test was positive in only one case and hemagglutination test was positive in only one case as well. Surgery was performed in all 14 cases.

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