title: A two-stage approach to a patient with hydatid cysts inside the right pulmonary artery and multiple right lung involvement.
abstract: We report on the surgical treatment of a patient in whom hydatid cysts inside the right pulmonary artery and multiple right lung involvement were detected. Since the right pneumonectomy carried a high risk of cyst rupture, and migration of the cysts to the opposite lung during ligation of the pulmonary artery, a two-stage surgical approach was scheduled. Hydatid cysts located at the proximal pulmonary artery were removed by performing a longitudinal arteriotomy along the pulmonary artery to the bifurcation. Subsequently, a right pneumonectomy was performed on a safe right pulmonary artery in a different session.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Diseases Teaching and Research Hospital, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baysungur
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Sabit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarikaya
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halezeroglu
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halezaroglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed