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Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst and Endogenous Lipoid Pneumonia

Levent Elbeyli, MD, Ayten Filiz, MD^,1, Bülent Tunçözgür, MD, Yalçin Kepekci, MD^,2, Reat Kervanciolu, MD^,3

Department of Thoracic Surgery 1 Department of Chest Disease 2 Department of Internal Medicine 3 Department of Radiodiagnostics Gaziantep University School of Medicine Gaziantep, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Levent Elbeyli, MD Tel: 90 342 336 5400 Fax: 90 342 336 5505 email: elbeyli{at}alpha.bim.gantep.edu.tr Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Kolejtepe 27070, Turkey.

Lipoid pneumonia associated with pulmonary hydatid cyst in a 20-year-old male is described. On the basis of clinical and radiological findings suggestive of pulmonary hydatid cyst, a thoracotomy was performed. Histopathology of the resected right upper lobe indicated hydatid cyst and lipoid pneumonia.