Date:   5/12/2008 1:37:49 PM ( 16 y ago)
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This is an interesting case of Echinococcus with a rare of occurrence. If you go to the link you can look at the full report with CT Scans and the surgical incision. Below is an abstract.
 

http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol14n2/cyst.xml

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report in the literature of a hydatid cyst of the chest wall masquerading as a cold abscess. Primary hydatid disease of the chest wall is extremely rare. The striking resemblance between tuberculous cold abscess and hydatid cyst of the chest wall clinically and radiologically forms a diagnostic dilemma, particularly in those with a history of tuberculosis. We present the case of a hydatid cyst of the chest wall which masqueraded as a cold abscess in a patient with history of tuberculosis.

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