Bronchiogenic Cysts of the Mediastinum

Maier, Herbert C.

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“…Some studies have reported bronchogenic cysts frequently presenting as an incidental radiological finding in the adult; these cysts were of little clinical importance and could be followed up [3,4]. The largest and most recent series have reported symptoms, complications, or both with the majority of bronchogenic cysts.…”

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Bronchogenic cysts: clinicopathological presentation and treatment

Aktoğu¹,

Yuncu²,

Halilçolar³

et al. 1996

Eur Respir J

147

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B Br ro on nc ch ho og ge en ni ic c c cy ys st ts s: : c cl li in ni ic co op pa at th ho ol lo og gi ic ca al l p pr re es se en nt ta at ti io on n a an nd d t tr re ea at tm me en nt t S. Aktogu*, G. Yuncu**, H. Halilçolar*, S. Ermete + , T. Buduneli** Bronchogenic cysts: clinicopathological presentation and treatment. S. Aktogu, G. Yuncu, H. Halilçolar, S. Ermete, T. Buduneli. ©ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative and operative presentations of one paediatric and 30 adult patients with bronchogenic cyst of the mediastinum (n=11) and lung (n=20).At initial presentation, six patients were asymptomatic and 25 were symptomatic. The mean age of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients was 25 and 33 yrs, respectively. Six patients presented with complications, including superior vena cava syndrome, tracheal compression, pneumothorax, pleurisy and pneumonia. Two patients who were asymptomatic when initially observed eventually needed surgery because of the development of symptoms or enlargement of the cyst size. In one patient, the cyst was not seen on the chest radiograph but appeared as a lobulated nodule of 2 cm diameter in a chest computerized tomography (CT) scan. Operative difficulties were encountered in 13 patients, all of whom were symptomatic preoperatively.In conclusion, life-threatening complications occurred in these patients. Despite various diagnostic studies, definitive tissue diagnosis was established only by means of surgical excision. The frequency of operative difficulties in symptomatic cysts was higher than those of asymptomatic cysts. Surgery may be considered as the treatment of choice even when the cyst is asymptomatic, since complications are not uncommon.

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“…Past reports have emphasized that a bronchogenic cyst is usually asymptomatic and presents as an incidental finding on the chest roentgenogram [3,4]. Conversely, more recent series suggest that the majority of adults with bronchogenic cysts ultimately become symptomatic [2,5,6].…”

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Bronchogenic cysts: clinicopathological presentation and treatment

Aktoğu¹,

Yuncu²,

Halilçolar³

et al. 1996

Eur Respir J

147

138

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“…Mediastinal bronchogenic cysts are subclassified according to Maier's classification into five types: 1) paratracheal, 2) canal, 3) hilar, 4) paraesophageal and 5) miscellaneous (2). The cyst in this patient was classified as a hilar type mediastinal bronchogenic cyst.…”

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Hemothorax with a High Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 Level Caused by a Bronchogenic Cyst

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A 58-year-old man presented with right-sided chest pain. Radiography and computed tomography showed a pleural effusion in the right chest and a mass in the right hilum. Thoracentesis showed a hemothorax. The carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 level in the pleural effusion was very high, requiring differentiation from malignancy. Positron emission tomography showed no significant fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) accumulation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic lesion. The tumor was resected for both a diagnosis and treatment. A pathological examination demonstrated a bronchogenic cyst. An immunohistochemical study suggested that the cyst was the source of the hemothorax and the high CA19-9 level.

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“…When formed later, they result in intraparenchymal cysts, frequently in communication with the airways, and are more symptomatic and more frequently complicated by infection. (1,5,(9)(10) A BC is composed of respiratory epithelium and is filled with whitish mucinous, or even hematic, material, almost always unilocular.…”

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“…(10) Depending on their location, BCs are divided into five groups: paratracheal, carinal, hilar, paraesophageal and miscellaneous, the last comprising the intrapulmonary and infradiaphragmatic forms. (9) In the three largest studies in the literature, the paratracheal location was the most commonly found. (1,3,10) In the literature, the BC clinical manifestations reported include chest pain, cough, dyspnea, fever, hemoptysis and dysphagia.…”

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