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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:292-294
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case report

Giant hydatid cysts of lung and liver

Salih Topcu, MD^a, smail Cüneyt Kurul, MD^a*, Tamer Altinok, MD^a, Ülkü Yazici, MD^a, Aydin Demir, MD^b

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Center for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
^b Department of General Surgery, Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Accepted for publication April 1, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Kurul, Oyak Sitesi Blok 1/12, 06610 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
e-mail: ckurul{at}hotmail.com

A 13-year-old girl was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of dyspnea, abdominal distention, cough, and right-sided chest pain. The diagnosis of disease was made with physical examination and radiologic evaluation. She underwent right thoracotomy and phrenotomy for the management of the hydatid cysts of the lung and the liver. The postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged on the 10th postoperative day. We believe that the simultaneous management of concomitant pulmonary and hepatic hydatid cysts through a thoracic route is a convenient option.