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Chest clinic
Images in thorax
Giant air-inflated hydatid cyst of the lung mimicking massive pneumothorax
  1. Dania Nachira,
  2. Marco Chiappetta,
  3. Maria Teresa Congedo,
  4. Maria Letizia Vita,
  5. Stefano Margaritora
  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dania Nachira, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome 00168, Italy; danynac{at}libero.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207956

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