A 40-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 2-week history of episodic abdominal discomfort and fullness. She works with her husband in the farm. Physical examination shows hepatomegaly. Abdominal ultrasound shows a 4-cm calcified cyst with several daughter cysts in the liver. She undergoes CT-guided percutaneous aspiration under general anesthesia. The patient suffers from a procedural complication and dies. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's death?

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Eductional Objective: Echinococcus granulosus is the most common cause of hydatid cysts.  Any invasive procedure (drainage or surgery) of hydatid cysts should be performed with the utmost care to prevent spillage of cyst contents, which can cause life-threatening anaphylactic shock and/or secondary seeding of infection.

A 40-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Physician Because of a 2-Week