TY - JOUR T1 - Pre-school children with hydatid disease of lung JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P2405 AU - Yener Aydin AU - Aysenur Dostbil AU - Omer Araz AU - Hayri Ogul AU - Ali Bilal Ulas AU - Atilla Eroglu Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2405.abstract N2 - Background: Hydatid cyst is a major health problem in developing countries and it usually settled in lungs in children. In this study we aimed to present our pre-school children cases with lung hydatid cysts that we underwent surgical treatment.Methods: We retrospectively investigated 42 consecutive pre-school patients who were diagnosed and surgical treated for hydatid cysts in our clinic between January 1998 and December 2011.Results: Seventeen (40.5%) patients were female and 25 (%59.5) patients were male. The avarage age of the patients was 5.2±1.3 (between 2-7 ages). The most common symptoms were cough (%74), chest pain (%26,2) and fever (%26,2). Twenty eight cases' cyst was in only one lung, in five case cyst was in single lung and liver, in six cases cyst was in bilateral lungs and liver, in three cases cyst was in bilateral lungs. Avarage cyst diameter was 6.2±2.4 (2-12 cm). It was interventioned to right lung and liver cysts by transdiaphragmatic approach together in five cases. In different seance operation was performed to nine patients with bilateral cyst hydatid. Muscle protector thoracotomy was performed in eight cases. Cystotomy and capitonnage were applied to all lung cysts. There was one case of postoperative atelectasis and bronchoscopy was performed. In one case, postoperative fever was observed. Postoperative mortality was not observed.Conlusion: Surgery is the definite treatment of lung hydatid cyst. The most important way to ptrotect against adverse effects of thoracotomy is to eliminate routes of transmission.Keywords: Children, lung hydatit cyst. ER -