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(a) Chest X-ray and (b) computed tomography (coronal view) on admission revealing a large pulmonary hydatid cyst in the right lower lobe.
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The radiologic finding was in favor of a large cyst (20 x 18 x 14 cm) in the right hemithorax (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
Postoperation radiography of a pulmonary hydatid cyst with lung-preserving surgery: (a) postop; (b) on discharge; (c) chest CT 2 months after surgery; (d) after a 6-month follow up; (e) after a 12-month follow up.
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A postop chest X-ray showed an empty cyst cavity with no evidence of the expansion of the lung in the lower hemithorax (Figure 2(a)). The patient was discharged on the 5th postop day with a chest X-ray showing no improvement in lung expansion (Figure 2(b)) and a medical therapy consisting of oral albendazole 400 mg twice daily for a duration of three months with one-week drug cessation after each month and oral levofloxacin 750 mg daily for 10 days. Follow-up visits at the clinic were done 2 weeks, 2 months, 6 months, and one year after the operation with serial chest X-rays showing gradual obliteration of the remained cavity and resolution of the right lower lobe (Figures 2(c) and 2(d)).