%0 Journal Article
%T Hydatid lung cyst in a 5-year-old boy presenting with prolonged fever
%A HI Showkat
%A AH Sarmast
%A A Amin
%A S Farooq
%A S Kotwal
%A FQ Parray
%A R Lone
%A F Arshad
%A I Bakhshi
%J South African Journal of Child Health
%D 2012
%I 
%X Cystic echinococcosis is the larval cystic stage (echinococcal cysts) of a small taeniid-type tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus) that may cause illness in intermediate hosts, generally herbivorous animals and people who are infected accidentally. Pulmonary hydatid cysts are typical, involving one lobe in 72% of cases, usually at the lung base. In the paediatric age group, boys are affected more commonly than girls. We present a case of isolated hydatid cyst of the lung in a 5-year-old boy from a nomadic cattle-rearing tribe.
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