title: [Surgical treatment of hydatid cysts of the hepatic dome ruptured into the thoracic cavity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caporale
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frittelli
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Della Casa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rengo
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Agrò
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mosillo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasquini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Trattamento chirurgico delle cisti idatidee della cupola epatica rotte in cavo toracico.