Primary Hydatid Cyst of the Axillary Region: A Case Report

Table 1

Reported cases of hydatid cysts of the axilla.

Author	Year	Age/gender	Origin of cysts	Daughter cysts	Organ involvement	Screening	Follow
Thomson [8]	1899	NA	Axillary	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lamotte et al. [9]	1967	32/M	Right axillary vein	Multiple	None	CXR	NA
Zamfir et al. [10]	1997	11/F	Left neurovascular	None	pulmonary	CXR, US	NA
Navarro Martín et al. [11]	1998	84/M	Subcutaneous	Multiple	None	CXR, US	NA
Mayol Martínez et al. [12]	1994	67/F	Muscle	Multiple	None	CXR,US	NA
Ekrem Unal et al. [13]	2001	53/F	Right pectoral M	None	None	MRI, CT	9 months
Dilege et al. [14]	2003	15/F	Right axillary region	NA	Pulmonary	CXR, CT	NA
Losanoff et al. [15]	2004	38/M	Subcutaneous tissue	NA	None	NA	NA
Sain Guven et al. [16]	2004
Borovik et al. [17]	2006	31/F	Left axillary	Multiple	None	CXR, CT	6 months
Singh et al. [18]	2009	28/M	Left lateral chest wall	NA	None	CXR, CT	8 years
Ünalp et al. [3]	2011	48/F	Left axillary fossa	Multiple	None	CXR, US, CT	6 months
Ozsoy et al. [6]	2011	45/F	The axillary region	None	None	CXR, US, CT	1 year
Ruso et al. [19]	2011	84/F	Cervicoaxillary region	Multiple	None	CXR, US, CT	5 years
Arsalane et al. [20]	2012	43/M	Left axilla	Multiple	None	CXR, US, CT	NA
Saylam et al. [21]	2012	36/F	Right axillar	None	None	CXR, US	17 months

F: female, M: male, CT: computed tomography, CXR: chest X-ray, LP: laparoscopy, RS: radionuclide scintigraphy, US: ultrasonography, NA: data not available, MRI: magnetic resonance Imaging.