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Pterygopalatine-Infratemporal Fossa Hydatid Cyst Resembling Cystic Tumor

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Hydatid cyst is an endemic disease in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries, Eastern European countries, East Africa, China, New Zealand, Australia. We aimed to present this educational case, which is endemic in our country and seen in a very rare localization, with the combined surgical approach, within the literature.

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  1. Otorhinolaryngology Department, Mersin University Medicine Faculty Hospital, Çiftlikköy, Yenişehir, Mersin, Turkey

    Kemal Koray Bal, Harun Gur, Can Aslan, Onur İsmi, Cengiz Özcan & Kemal Gorur

  2. Pathology Department, Mersin University Medicine Faculty Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

    Nur Gizem Aykiroglu

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Bal, K.K., Gur, H., Aslan, C. et al. Pterygopalatine-Infratemporal Fossa Hydatid Cyst Resembling Cystic Tumor. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 4167–4169 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03933-9

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