Hydatid Cyst Mimicking the Pancoast TumorPankoast

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KESKİN H., Akdeniz S., ERGİN M., Tayfun S., ERDOĞAN A.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, vol.8, pp.32-34, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.4328/jcam.4869
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.32-34
  • Keywords: Lung, Hydatid Cyst, PancoastHakan, EXTRAPULMONARY
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A fifty-eight-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic with left-sided arm and shoulder pain. Upon radiological investigation, a mass in the apical segment of the left upper lobe causing vertebra destruction was detected. The patient was operated on with a working diagnosis of a Pancoast tumor. However, during the operation the lesion was identified as a hydatid cyst. This case report aims to emphasize that, despite its rarity, hydatidosis should be included among the differential diagnosis of Pancoast tumors in endemic regions.