Comparison of pulmonary hydatid cysts in children and adults.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to compare the clinical features and the surgical approaches of the pulmonary hydatid cysts in children and adults.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-four patients, operated on for pulmonary hydatid cysts over the last 10 years were retrospectively evaluated in two groups: 39 children who were younger than 18 years old (29%) and 95 adults (71%). The patients in each group were analysed according to their clinical, radiological and surgical findings.

Comparison between pulmonary and hepatopulmonary hydatidosis.

Objectives: To compare the clinical features and the surgical approaches between single pulmonary (SPH) and hepatopulmonary hydatidosis (HPH).

Methods: The hospital and follow-up records of 141 patients who had undergone surgery for pulmonary hydatidosis in our clinic between January 1991 and January 2001 were reviewed. Forty-nine patients (34.

Pleural complications of hydatid disease.

Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to review pleural and pericardial complications of patients with hydatid cysts and to analyze the management of therapy for these patients.

Methods: Between 1991 and 2001, 43 (29.7%) of 145 patients presented with pleural and pericardial complications.

Cold abscess of the chest wall as an unusual complication of BCG vaccination.

Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination often results in local adverse effects; however, serious or long-term complications are rare. The involvement of sternum among skeletal BCG osteomyelitis is a rarely seen complication of BCG vaccination. Such a complication may confuse with a chest wall tumor and a surgical intervention may be needed for the definite diagnosis.