Current Thoracic Surgery
2019 , Vol 4 , Issue 3
Chest wall hydatid cyst: a case report
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey
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10.26663/cts.2019.00128
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Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus cestode. Hydatid cyst is an important risk factor
in rural areas especially in Mediterranean countries, Middle East and Australia. The disease is most common
in the liver and then in the lungs and it is very rare to be seen primarily in the chest wall. We present a 31
years-old female patient with primary chest wall hydatid cyst and discuss the surgical treatment.
Keywords :
albendazole, chest wall, hydatid cyst