CT Demonstration of an Esophageal Duplication Cyst

We report a rare esophageal duplication cyst, in a 12-year-old girl. The cyst had enlarged rapidly within 2 years. In December 1997, on admission, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cystic mass in the pleural cavity. We resected the cyst and the adjacent lung. Histopathological examination revealed an esophageal duplication cyst. Her presenting symptoms of fever and cough may have been related to infection of the cyst.

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“…10 In our patient, the fever and cough may have been caused by infection of the cyst and inflammation expanding to the surrounding lung, as an…”

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Rapidly enlarging esophageal duplication cyst

Nakao

Urushihara

Yagi

et al. 1999

Journal of Gastroenterology

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“…A CT scan is required for intrathoracic duplications to define the location and extent of the cyst. Any abdominal communication can also be established (11). They are seen as moderately thick-walled, fluid-filled cystic or tubular masses, located adjacent to the wall of the esophagus.…”

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Esophageal duplication cyst causing unilateral hyperinflation of the lung in a neonate

et al. 2007

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Esophageal duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies. Frequently asymptomatic, they may cause respiratory distress and feeding difficulties in infants. Unilateral hyperinflation of the lung due to compression of the bronchus by the cyst is rare. We report a case of a 4-day-old male neonate presenting with respiratory distress who had an esophageal duplication cyst causing obstructive hyperinflation of the right lung. The nature of the cyst was confirmed after surgery.

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“…The appearance of a bronchogenic cyst on CT varies from a mass with attenuation values near those of water to values not unlike those of a solid mass [6][7][8][9]. The contents of the cyst dictate the appearance on the CT.…”

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Role of CT in the evaluation of children with foregut cyst

Hernández

1987

Pediatr Radiol

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The presentation of a foregut cyst may vary from an asymptomatic mass discovered as an incidental finding in a chest radiograph, to signs or symptoms secondary to airway compression by the cyst. The radiographic evaluation of a child with a possible foregut cyst usually consists of a chest radiograph and barium esophagogram. Although this approach is often sufficient, in other instances delay of treatment occurs or unnecessary workups are performed due to the inadequacy of the approach. CT is useful for depicting cryptic foregut cysts, clarifying abnormal radiographs, avoiding unnecessary workup of patients by establishing the precise location of the mass, and defining the cystic nature of the mass and excluding other etiologies.

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CT Demonstration of an Esophageal Duplication Cyst

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Rapidly enlarging esophageal duplication cyst

Rapidly enlarging esophageal duplication cyst

Esophageal duplication cyst causing unilateral hyperinflation of the lung in a neonate

Role of CT in the evaluation of children with foregut cyst

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