Subcutaneous extension of a large diaphragmatic hydatid cyst.
A 53-year-old male patient with a large hydatid cyst of the left hemidiaphragm and smaller secondary cysts located in the left thoracic cavity and upper left abdominal quadrant presented with two progressively enlarging lipoma-like masses in the left hypochondrium and under the left scapulae respectively. Total excision of all the cysts was performed through a bilateral subcostal incision, with the left hemidiaphragm near totally excised and replaced by a synthetic bilayer mesh.
Marinis
Athanasios
A
2nd Department of Surgery, Areteion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofias avenue, 11528, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Fragulidis
Georgios
G
Karapanos
Konstantinos
K
Konstantinidis
Christos
C
Brestas
Paraskevas
P
Vassiliou
John
J
Smyrniotis
Vassilios
V
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology