Studies have shown that thoracic patients are more prone to complications of surgery, particularly those related to the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, than are patients undergoing surgery at other sites. Tarhan has documented a 29% incidence of myocardial reinfarction in patients undergoing thoracic surgery compared to an incidence of 8% reinfarction in patients undergoing upper abdomi...

hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease that is common in the mediterranean region. thoracic wall, rib or extrapulmonary intrathoracic localization of the cysts is very rare. giant extrapulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cysts can lead to both diagnostic and treatment difficulties and can be confused with tumor. we present a case of a hydatid cyst with thoracic wall involvement mimicking tumor. we conf...

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea c Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St Paul’s Hospital, The Catholic Universit...