From: Bilateral staged thoracotomy for multiple lung hydatidosis
Symptoms | No. of patients (%) |
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Cough | 8 (47%) |
Chest pain | 6 (35%) |
Dyspnea | 5 (29.4%) |
Blood-streaked sputum | 3 (17.6%) |
Haemoptysis | 1 (5.8%) |
Expectoration of salty sputum hydatid fluid and fragments of laminated membrane | 2 (11.7%) |
Hypersensivity reaction symptoms | † 2 (11.7%) |
Febrile episodes | 2 (11.7%) |
Mucopurulent sputum | 3 (17.6%) |
Abdominal pain | 2 (11.7%) |