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L9
LUNG - Hydatid cyst
Description
There is no recognisable lung tissue here; in one segment of the pot there is a collapsed pericyst, while the main specimen is an intact hydatid cyst. Inspection shows a finely granular inner surface to the cyst - these will be scolices.