ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, cilt.64, sa.2, ss.334-337, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
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.