title: [Extra-pulmonary thoracic hydatid cyst (Pneumology and radiology services of the Military Hospital of Tunis)].
abstract: The authors report, in a retrospective study 11 cases of thoracic extra-pulmonary hydatic cyst observed during 4 years of pneumopathology practice. They stress the rarity of this localization and the variability of the clinical data. Chest X-Ray was found no specific whereas, computed tomography led often to the right diagnosis and helped in some cases a puncture of the hydatic cyst.
authors.affiliation: Hospitalo-Universitaire, Hôpital militaire de Tunis.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ben Mustapha
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Hamadi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouziani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghyoula
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hassine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Cheikh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Hassine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Kyste hydatique thoracique extra-pulmonaire (Services de pneumologie et de radiologie de l'Hopital Militaire de Tunis)]