Abstract
Hydatidosis is a common zoonotic disease with a high prevalence in developing countries. While a solitary cyst with unilateral lung involvement is common, bilateral involvement and multiple cysts are rare, only seen in 20% and 30% of the cases, respectively. Likewise, extensive involvement of extrapulmonary tissues and mediastinum is rare. We report an unusual case of mediastinal hydatidosis mimicking an intrathoracic malignancy in a 24-year-old female patient. She presented in the year 2020 with a history of left-sided chest pain and heaviness in the left hemithorax for a period of two months. Diffuse, multiple fluid-filled cystic lesions with internal echoes throughout the mediastinum, lung, pericardium, diaphragm and chest wall were observed in contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the thorax. An incidental cystic lesion in the liver was also noted. Since serology for echinococcosis was negative, a differential diagnosis of intrathoracic malignancy was considered. However, intraoperative and histopathologic findings were suggestive of hydatidosis.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), 300-303
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Dantis, K., & Gupta, N. (2025). Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), 300-303. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072
MLA 9
Dantis, Klein, and Nilesh Gupta. "Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 2025, pp. 300-303. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072.
Chicago (author–date)
Dantis, Klein, and Nilesh Gupta. 2025. "Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 22 (2): 300-303. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072.
Harvard
Dantis, K. and Gupta, N. (2025) 'Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), pp. 300-303. doi:10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072.
Vancouver
Dantis K, Gupta N. Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;22(2):300-303. doi:10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072
IEEE
K. Dantis, and N. Gupta, "Mediastinal Hydatidosis with an Unusual Presentation," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 300-303, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.072.