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Mohammad Saquib Mallick1, Aayed Al-Qahtani, Muslim Mohammad Al-Saadi
1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery (37), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia. msmallick@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Hydatid disease has a wide geographic distribution around the world. In human, the lungs are the second most commonly affected sites. Pulmonary hydatidosis is much more frequently encountered in children than in adults. Surgical treatment has remained the standard option in the management of hydatid disease. However, surgeons were able to replicate the principles of conventional surgery using minimally invasive techniques. Herein, we report a case of pulmonary hydatid cyst in a 9-year-old girl treated successfully using the thoracoscopic approach.
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