肺の孤立陰影で発見された肺エキノコックス症

Echinococcosis Detected by a Solitary Shadow in the Lung

エキノコックス症は，日本では北海道を中心に北日本でみられ，主に肝臓の腫瘍性，充実性病変で発見されることが多い．われわれは，肺切除後に診断しえた肺単発のエキノコックス症のまれな症例を経験したので報告する．

Here we report a rare case of pulmonary coin lesion due to echinococcosis. An woman in her 60s who has no symptom was found a nodular shadow of the left lung incidentally. Since the nodule was enlarging, surgical treatment was done. Pathologically, it was diagnosed as an echinococcosis of the lung. It was pulmonary solitary echinococcosis without any lesion in other organs.