Unusually located hydatid cysts: Intrathoracic but extrapulmonary

Oguzkaya F., Akcali Y. F., Kahraman C., Emirogullari N., Bilgin M., Sahin A.

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, vol.64, no.2, pp.334-337, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 64 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)00521-3
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.334-337
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background. Hydatid cyst disease is still a problem in Turkey, as well as in many other places in the world. Extrapulmonary location of the disease in the thorax is very rare, and surgical procedures can be considered that differ from those used for pulmonary hydatid cysts.