Intraoperative endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst: An airway catastrophe

Hydatid cyst disease of lungs may not be symptomatic. It may present as spontaneous rupture in pleura or a bronchus. During spontaneous breathing, cyst content of endobronchially ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst is mostly evacuated by coughing. However, during positive pressure ventilation such extru...

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Published inJournal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 111 - 113
Main Authors Gupta, Richa, Wadhawan, Sonia, Bhadoria, Poonam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2013
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Bronchoscopy
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Echinococcosis
endobronchial rupture
hydatid cyst
Methods
Patient monitoring
Pulmonary ventilation
Bronchoscopy
hydatid cyst
endobronchial rupture
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Summary:Hydatid cyst disease of lungs may not be symptomatic. It may present as spontaneous rupture in pleura or a bronchus. During spontaneous breathing, cyst content of endobronchially ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst is mostly evacuated by coughing. However, during positive pressure ventilation such extruded fragments may lodge into smaller airway leading to an airway catastrophe. We present such accidental endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst during surgery, its prompt detection, and management by rigid bronchoscopy.
ISSN:0970-9185
2231-2730
DOI:10.4103/0970-9185.105817