Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Use as Supportive Therapy in a Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to Rupture of a Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e55223
• Main Authors: Yousef, Ayman F, Alzahrani, Ahmed A, Younis, Malaz S, Gumaa Albashari, Muna S, Younis, Mohammed S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 29-02-2024
• Subjects: Abdomen; Bronchoscopy; Cysts; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Hemoglobin; Hospitals; Intubation; Liver; Lungs; Ostomy; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Respiratory distress syndrome; Thoracic surgery; Ventilation; Ventilators; Viral infections; acute respiratory distress syndrome; cyst hydatid; echinococcosis; pulmonary hydatid disease; acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards); ecmo
• ISSN: 2168-8184; 2168-8184
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.55223

Pulmonary echinococcosis is a parasitic infection that accounts for 20% of the infected cases with echinococcosis. Patients may present after a cyst rupture associated with a variety of complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is known as supportive therapy for patients with respiratory and cardiac failure, including ARDS associated with multiple causes. Parasitic infection associated with ARDS due to cyst rupture managed with ECMO as bridging to definitive surgical intervention is documented in two previous case reports only. Here, we are presenting a 21-year-old female with a pulmonary hydatid cyst complicated by ARDS and managed with ECMO.