Massive aspiration during surgery for a hydatid cyst of the lung.

A case of massive aspiration of hydatid liquid during an operation for excision of hydatid cyst of the lung is presented. Some considerations about the treatment and the anaesthetic approach to the problem are given. An analysis of 42 operations performed during 1963-1973 in the Rambam Hospital is discussed. Rupture of cyst with cyanosis and fall in blood pressure occurred in only 5 of these cases and among them, only one patient died.