Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst -One Case Report- |
Sung Soo Park1, Dong Sun Kim1, Min Kyo Lee1, Dong Hoo Lee1, Jung Hee Lee1, Chang Ho Kim2, Seok Chol Jeon3, Duk Young Min4 |
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 4Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
폐포충낭종 1예 |
박성수1, 김동선1, 이민교1, 이동후1, 이정희1, 김창호2, 전석철3, 민득영4 |
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Abstract |
Hydatid disease still remains an important public health problem in many sheep-rearing areas of the world, notably Uruguay, Argentine, North and South Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East extending from the Eastern Mediterranean littoral to Pakistan.
Hydatoid cystic disease of the lung is rare in Korea.
The increasing incidence of hydatidosis in Korea should be of great concern to both phy -sicians & public health officials because of increase of abroad employment into endemic area.
The 31-year-old man had a history of spending 2 years in Middle East.
One case of pulmonary hydrosis who were treated stirgically with a sucessful outcome reported in the li terature. |
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