Surgical treatment of hydatid cysts of the hepatic dome ruptured into the thoracic cavity

Caporale, A.; Frittelli, P.; Della Casa, U.; Rengo, M.; Agrò, G.A.; Mosillo, L.; Pasquini, G.

Il Giornale di Chirurgia 11(1-2): 23-28

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005
PMID: 2223465
Document Number: 352502
Two cases of hydatid cyst of the hepatic dome, complicated by rupture in the thoracic cavity, are reported. The Authors stress the frequency of human hydatidosis, still high in Italy, and the severity of the above mentioned complication. Surgical treatment is also discussed.

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