Thoracic Research and Practice
Case report

A Case of Atypically Located Hydatid Cyst Eroding the Sternum

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Department of Thoracic Surgery 1st Chest Diseases, Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

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Department of Thoracic Surgery 2nd Chest Diseases, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2014; 15: 131-132
DOI: 10.5152/ttd.2014.3802
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Abstract

Hydatid disease caused by echinococci is seen endemically in Turkey. Its location in tissues outside of the liver and lung is rare. Most of the mass lesions involving the sternum are malignant. We present a case of hydatid cyst located in the sternum and eroding it.

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