Case Report
Liver Hydatid Cyst Rupture with Respiratory Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:
- Julián Moreno RojasEmail Julián Moreno Rojas
- Daniel Vas
Abstract
We present a case of a young male patient who was brought to the emergency room with abdominal pain, fever, dyspnea and hypoxemia, and was initially oriented as an acute COVID-19 pneumonia. A thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT) was performed to rule out pneumonia and the abdominal extension of the study revealed a hepatic hydatid cyst with rupture into the abdominal cavity with respiratory distress secondary to an anaphylactic reaction that, if left untreated, may lead to a fatal outcome. An urgent laparotomy was performed with cyst resection. The follow-up and complications are briefly described.
- Year: 2022
- Volume: 106 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 41
- DOI: 10.5334/jbsr.2663
- Submitted on 16 Sep 2021
- Accepted on 10 Mar 2022
- Published on 6 May 2022