Hydatid Cyst Mimicking Lung Cancer

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease which mostly effects liver. Second most common affected organ is the lung. Pulmoner Hydatid cysts are often asymptomatic and diaognosed incidentally.Cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, fever, and chest pain can be seen in symptomatic patients. Serological tests and characteristic radiological features provides the diagnosis in many uncomplicated pulmonary hydatid cases. However, complicated hydatid cysts may be confused with other pulmoner patholgies. In that case pathological procedure via biopsy is needed in order to distinguish the diagnosis. Major treatment is surgery.

This article aims to present a 21 year old case of complicated hydatid disease confused with lung cancer in terms of radiologcal features.