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 seashell peel and stick wallpaper evacuated by coughing.However, during positive pressure ventilation such extruded fragments may lodge into smaller airway leading to an airway catastrophe.

We present such accidental endobronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst during surgery, its prompt detection, liftmaster 3 button station and management by rigid bronchoscopy.