MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE HYDATIDOSIS.

Yassine Ouadnouni^a,b,*, Marouane Lakranbi^a, Mohamed Smahi^a,b.
^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Hassan ^I?d, Fez, Morocco
^b Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University-Fez, Morocco

Corresponding author:

Y. Ouadnouni.
Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Hassan ^IId, Fez, Morocco

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A 55 year old woman, presented to our hospital with a one year history of coughing and left chest pain. A chest CT-scan showed mediastinal, pleural and pulmonary cystic lesions evoking hydatidosis. Surgical exploration found a cystic lesion of the aorta-pulmonary window.

Figure 1: Peroperative view showing a cystic lesion of the aorta-pulmonary window

This is a hydatid cyst of a mediastinum lymph node localization.

Figure 2: hydatid cyst of lymph node

No similar case report is found in literature.

Keywords: Hydatidosis; Mediastinum; Lymph; node; Surgery.