Hidatidose manifestada por quadro de supuração pulmonar

Abstract

The authors describe the case of a 26 year old male with clinicai and radiological features su­ggesting a pulmonary suppurative disease (pul­monary abscess vs. necrotizing pneumonia). ln spite of the antibiotic treatment the features of a serious grave infection lasted unchanged. An Echi­nococcus pulmonary infection was suspected upon the findings of a pulmonary cavitation with movable residues (water lily sign), and confirmed after toracothomy. Hydatic lung infection is a rare finding that can be difficult to recognise, delaying the diagnostic and therapeutic approach.