title: Management of hydatid disease of the lung.
abstract: The objective of this study is to report our experience in the management of pulmonary hydatid disease. Fourteen patients, 6 females and 8 males, ranging in age from 6 to 35 years were seen over a period of 7 years at a Princess Basma Teaching Hospital. Most of them had a single and isolated primary lung cyst. All patients were treated by the open method without resection through a posterolateral thoracotomy. Follow-up was maintained for 5 years with chest X-ray and indirect haemagglutination test performed annually. In conclusion, the lung-preserving operation without resection or capitonnage is the treatment of choice for pulmonary hydatid disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. ffammari@yahoo.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ammari
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole