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Primary pulmonary hydatid cysts in children—a report of three cases

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Three children with a total of six primary pulmonary hydatid cysts, all of whom underwent surgical management, are presented. Of these six hydatid cysts, two were treated with thoracotomy with cyst enucleation and capittonage, three with thoracoscopy-assisted minithoracotomy with enucleation and capittonage, and one with limited resection.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, T.N.M.C and B.Y.L.NAIR Hospital, Mumbai, India

    S. N. Oak, S. V. Parelkar, Naveen Viswanath, P. K. Gera & Rahul Pathak

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Oak, S.N., Parelkar, S.V., Viswanath, N. et al. Primary pulmonary hydatid cysts in children—a report of three cases. Ped Surgery Int 21, 652–654 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-005-1392-y

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