Abstract
A 31/2-year-old girl presented with multiple large hydatid cysts, one in each lung and one in the right lobe of the liver. These were managed successfully at three separate surgical operations. A literature review suggests that patients of this age rarely have multiple hydatid cysts of such large dimensions in different organs.
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Singh, J.P., Garg, P. Hepatopulmonary hydatid disease. Pediatr Surg Int 7, 387–388 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176602
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