Intraoperative endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst: An airway catastrophe

Intraoperative endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst: An airway catastrophe

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Hydatid cyst disease of lungs may not be symptomatic.It may present as spontaneous rupture in pleura or a bronchus.During spontaneous breathing, cyst content of endobronchially ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst is mostly evacuated Single Inlet 3 way Water Valve by coughing.

However, during positive pressure ventilation such extruded fragments may lodge into smaller airway leading to an airway catastrophe.We present such accidental shampoo endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst during surgery, its prompt detection, and management by rigid bronchoscopy.