title: Subcutaneous extension of a large diaphragmatic hydatid cyst.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Areteion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofias avenue, 11528, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marinis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragulidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karapanos
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
authors.forename: Paraskevas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brestas
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vassiliou
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis
mesh_terms: 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