Biography

Victor Armand Ugón, Uruguayan surgeon (Colonia Valdense, Colonia Department 14 May 1900 – 08 October 1972)

With S. Piovano & D. Tomalino first reported the hydatid in thymus (1959)

Described a radiological sign for simple primitive hydatid

Developed surgical techniques for tuberculosis  

A method to determinate the most curved part of pleural cul de sac employing lipiodol or Ugón method (1935)

Described subtotal lobectomy of gaseous cyst for tretament of dyspnea (1937)

A technique for treatment of hyaline hydatid in lungs known as hydatid labor or Armand Ugón procedure (1946)