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 and 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 , and 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 and 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.
