Background Hydatid cyst is an endemic disease frequently localized to the liver. It is frequently observed in Southeast Europe, Middle East, and Turkey. Although the cyst rupture can occur spontaneously, it can also occur upon albendazole treatment. Its surgical treatment includes cystotomy, capitonnage, and wedge resection. Material-Method A 56-year-old male immigrant was admitted with fever...

a 47-year-old man presented as a dyspnea and fatigue. a transthoracic echocardi-ography (tte) performed to assess valvar heart disease and left ventricular (lv) function showed a large hydatid cysts in the inter ventricular septum bulging to posterior of heart and compressing its overlying muscle as whitish round mass. the patient underwent elective surgery by evacuation of septal hydatid cysts...

Management option of hepatic echinococcosis represents a major challenge for a surgeon. The aim of the study was to evaluate surgical treatment of patients with hepatic echinococcosis at the surgery department of the regional hospital in Prizren (Kosovo). The medical records of 22 patients operated for hepatic echinococcosis in our department during a four year study period (2009-2013) were ret...

Dört yıl önce başka bir merkezde sağ akciğerde kist hidatik nedeniyle kistotomi ve kapitonaj ameliyatı yapılan hasta, tekrarlayan hemoptizi yakınması ile kliniğimize başvurdu. Göğüs bilgisayarlı tomografide sağ alt lob posterior segmentte yerleşik kaviter lezyon tespit edildi. Hastaya, hemoptizi ve kaviter lezyon nedeniyle, tekrar torakotomi ve sağ alt lobektomi yapıldı. Patolojik inceleme bron...

OBJECTIVES Pulmonary hydatid disease is a parasitic disease with a high prevalence in low-middle income countries. We report four patients who were treated surgically using video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS). METHODS All patients were diagnosed with clinical and radiological findings on chest X-ray and computed tomography. Complete thoracoscopic removal by cystotomy and capitonnage was done i...