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Bilateral ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts
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Bilateral ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts

Mohamed Regal, Yasser Al-Jehani and Hanan Bousbait
Annals of tropical medicine and public health, Vol.5(3), pp.259-261
01/05/2012

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Tropical Medicine
Pulmonary hydatid disease remains a significant health problem in endemic areas including Saudi Arabia. Different surgical tactics and approaches are still a subject of discussion. Here, we present a case of bilateral pulmonary hydatid cysts with spontaneous rupture that underwent successful one-stage bilateral enucleation and capitonnage.

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