CASE REPORT   

Chirurgia 2023 October;36(5):293-5

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.22.05505-X

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language: English

Transdiaphragmatic extension of a recurrent liver echinococcosis

Georgi YANKOV ¹, Magdalena ALEXIEVA ¹, Stefka YANKOVA ², Evgeni MEKOV ³ ✉

¹ Department of Respiratory Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; ² Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; ³ Department of Occupational Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Liver echinococcosis with transdiaphragmatic spread to the lung is a rare entity, which necessitates an early surgical approach. We present a case of recurrent liver echinococcosis with transdiaphragmatic evolution due to necrosis of the right diaphragmatic dome, causing right pleural and lung echinococcosis. The patient was successfully operated with right thoracophrenotomy, echinococcectomy, lung decortication, and partial pleurectomy.

KEY WORDS: Echinococcosis; Liver; Lung