Hepatopulmonary Fistula: A life threatening complication of hydatid disease

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gulamhussein, Mohamed Amirali ^a   Patrini, Davide ^a   Pararajasingham, Jonathan ^a   Adams, Benjamin ^a   Shukla, Rajeev ^a   Velissaris, Dimitrios ^b   Lawrence, David ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatopulmonary fistula; Hydatid disease; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938198282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-015-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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