Hydatidosis is a cyclezoonotic infection caused by taenia Echinococcus granulosus, whose larval form accidentally affects men by forming hydatic cysts preferably in the lungs and liver. Osseous hydatidosis is a rare event characterized by slow growth and few symptoms. It is reported on a 36-year-old man who had presented nodes in the anterior thorax for nine years. Imaging diagnostic examinations revealed thick, loculated, expansive masses in the pectoral muscles and sternal lytic lesions. The diagnosis of hydatidosis was established by exploratory surgery. The patient showed good clinical-surgical evolution and was discharged receiving albendazole, 2,400 mg/day, for 28 days.
Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Pulmonary echinococcosis; Surgery
