Empty cyst sign

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 22 Apr 2019

The empty cyst sign is described in hydatid disease. After rupture of the cyst and complete evacuation of its content, the pericyst becomes empty as an air-filled cyst on x-ray or CT 1,2. With superadded infection, an air-fluid level may appear within the cyst, mimicking a lung abscess 2.

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