Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science and Health Services, Lung Transplantation Research Center, Masih Daneshvari, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Pulmonary hydatid cyst (cystic echinococcosis) is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus species and is a major health threat in endemic areas such as Iran. In most cases, there is a single cysts in one lung, but in 4% of cases lung cysts are bilateral. Treatment of bilateral lung cysts is controversial and is associated with some problems. We operated on a ten years old girl with two large cyst in both lungs in one stage through two anterolateral thoracotomies and present the treatment results.
Mehrabi Sisakht, S., Shadmehr, M., Daneshvar, A., Pejhan, S., Abbasi, A., Sheikhy, K., Saghebi, R., & Sadegh Beigee, F. (2013). One-Stage Bilateral Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in a Ten Years Old Girl. Iranian Journal of Surgery, 21(Autumn), 71-75.
MLA
Mehrabi Sisakht, S., Shadmehr, M., Daneshvar, A., Pejhan, S., Abbasi, A., Sheikhy, K., Saghebi, R., & Sadegh Beigee, F. "One-Stage Bilateral Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in a Ten Years Old Girl", Iranian Journal of Surgery, 21, Autumn, 2013, 71-75.
HARVARD
Mehrabi Sisakht S., Shadmehr M., Daneshvar A., Pejhan S., Abbasi A., Sheikhy K., Saghebi R., Sadegh Beigee F. (2013). 'One-Stage Bilateral Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in a Ten Years Old Girl', Iranian Journal of Surgery, 21(Autumn), pp. 71-75.
CHICAGO
S. Mehrabi Sisakht, M. Shadmehr, A. Daneshvar, S. Pejhan, A. Abbasi, K. Sheikhy, R. Saghebi & F. Sadegh Beigee, "One-Stage Bilateral Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in a Ten Years Old Girl," Iranian Journal of Surgery, 21 Autumn (2013): 71-75,
VANCOUVER
Mehrabi Sisakht S., Shadmehr M., Daneshvar A., Pejhan S., Abbasi A., Sheikhy K., Saghebi R., Sadegh Beigee F. One-Stage Bilateral Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in a Ten Years Old Girl. Iranian Journal of Surgery. 2013;21(Autumn):71-75.
