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| Case references | Study types | Age (years)/sex | Symptom on presentation/immunocompetency or underlying disease | CT findings | Treatment |
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| Present case | Case report and literature review | 30/F | Chest pain, cough, and hemoptysis/immunocompetent | Well-defined nonenhancing cystic lesion in the anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe adjacent to major fissure | Right thoracotomy, cystectomy, and capitonnage |
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| Aliyali et al. [9] | Case report and systematic review, total cases = 22 | Mean age = 40.8/70% M | 75% had a symptom of hemoptysis/all immunocompetent | Cavitary lesion (17/22), opacified lesion (2/22), ruptured hydatid cyst (1/22), residual cystectomy cavity (1/22), no cavity (1/22) | Standard lobectomy procedures (76%), thoracotomy, pneumonectomy, and cystectomy (24%) |
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| Zareshahrabadi et al. [8] | Case report | 42/M | NA/immunocompetent | Circumscribed cystic lesion in the superior and inferior segment of the lower lobes of right and left lungs | Radical surgery (lobectomy) |
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| Aala et al. [13] | Case report | 34/F | Chest pain, dyspnea with nonproductive cough/immunocompetent (h/o hyperthyroidism) | Subpleural consolidation with small cavitation and pleural effusion, thickening and enhancement in left lower lobe | Albendazole and oral itraconazole and thoracotomy |
| Liver-cystic lesion in caudate lobe of liver (33 mm) |
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| Chopra and Katoch [32] | Case report | 43/M | Productive cough, low-grade intermittent fever, and right-sided nonpleuritic, nonanginal chest pain, and streaky hemoptysis/immunocompetent | Thick-walled cavity in the superior segment of the right lower lobe with an intracavitary mass | Lobectomy of both right middle and lower lobes |
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| Rezaei et al. [33] | Case report | 37/F | Cough, chest pain, and dyspnea/immunocompetent | Inflammatory mass clinging to the chest wall with cavity in the anterior segment of the right upper lobe | Right posterolateral thoracotomy, cystectomy, and capitonnage |
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| Sharma et al. [34] | Case report | 20/M | Episodic cough with mucoid expectoration which was associated with streaky hemoptysis with episodic breathlessness/immunocompetent | Complex lesion of 3.8 × 2.9 cm in size in right upper lobe with eccentric air crescent | Tablet albendazole 10 mg/kg/day with liver function test monitoring for total duration of 12 months |
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| Rao et al. [35] | Case report | 55/M | Hemoptysis/diabetic | Well-defined lesion in left lower lobe of lung with mediastinal lymphadenopathy | Antifungal, anthelminthics, postero-lateral thoracotomy |
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| Singh et al. [36] | Case report | 43/M | Mild weakness, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and chest pain/history of minor thalassemia | Large cavitary lesion (5 × 6 × 6 cm) involving left lower lobe of lung | Surgical excision of the cyst after a course of anthelmintic treatment |
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| Aboksari and Safavi [37] | Case report | 10/M | Chest pain, low-grade fever, nonproductive cough, and malaise/immunocompetent | Complicated, ruptured cyst containing air | Total cystectomy and capitonnage |
| Goyal et al. [38] | Case report | 45/M | Breathlessness, hemoptysis/immunocompetent | Well-defined peripherally enhancing thick-walled cystic lesion in the middle lobe of the right lung | Middle lobectomy with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) |
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| Nayak et al. [39] | Case report | 36/F | Dyspnea, chest pain, cough with sputum production, intermittent hemoptysis/immunocompetent | Two well-defined hypodense mildly enhancing lesions with smooth margins involving posterior basal and lateral basal segment of the lower lobe of the left lung | Antifungal and anthelmintic agents |
| After 6 months-left lower lobectomy |
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| Salazar et al. [40] | Case report | 72/F | Productive cough and recurrent episodes of massive hemoptysis, dyspnea/immunocompetent | Extensive cavitary lesion with heterogeneous content in segment 3 of left upper lobe | Surgical resection of lesion-multiple segmentectomy |
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