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Intrathoracic Extrapulmonary Hydatid Cyst

Kazim Beirli, MD, Mohamad Said Burhani, MD, Caner Arslan, MD, Hasan Tüzün, MD, Kamil Kaynak, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cerrahpaa Faculty of Medicine University of Istanbul Aksaray, Istanbul, Turkey
For reprint information contact: Kamil Kaynak, MD Tel: 90 212 632 8474 Fax: 90 212 632 8474 email: kamil{at}istanbul.edu.tr Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpaa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Aksaray, Istanbul 34300, Turkey.

A 30-year-old man with a history of hepatic hydatid cyst was admitted with a mass lesion in the posterior mediastinum. Surgical intervention and subsequent pathological and microbiologic investigations revealed the mass to be a hydatid cyst located on the descending aorta in the posterior mediastinum and not invading the lung parenchyma. Albendazole treatment was added. No recurrence was seen in 15 months of follow-up.