A number of methods have been described for the surgical removal of hydatid cysts of the lung. Personal experience of the Barrett technique (Barrett and Thomas, 1952) over a number of years has made ...

Correspondence to Dr Dania Nachira, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University ... In conclusion, we report an unusual case of giant air-inflated hydatid cyst of the lung mimicking a ...

The patient was planned to operate in the two step, first for pulmonary cyst due ... after surgery. Accordingly, I underwent my first surgery for the lesion in my left lung. Now, I am feeling better, ...

Although hydatid cyst, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, can develop in any part of the body, involvement of the liver and lung represents approximately ... to the exclusion of hydatid cyst before ...

A 10 year old boy presented with complaints of fever, headache, and vomiting for 5 days. He had a history of craniotomy for removal of a benign cyst on the right side, 8 months previously (figure A).