Case Report
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 |
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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.
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