Unusual mode of presentation of intrathoracic bronchogenic cyst: A double location

Abstract

A 63 year old woman presenting chronic back pain and neuralgia had abnormal shadow on chest radiograph. She has a history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated in 1977. The chest-CT scan showed a soft tissue mass in the lower lobe of the right lung and a cystic mass in the paravertebral region. The patient had right lower lobectomy and complete excision of a paraoesophageal cyst. Both masses were bronchogenic cysts at histology. The patient had an uneventful discharge the seventh postoperative day. After 4 years and 7 months of follow-up with CT-scann, the patient was free of symptoms with no evidence of recurrent disease.

Uniportal vats approach to bronchogenic cyst, East Borneo experience: A case report

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Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst: a rare case report

“…It rarely occurs in the retroperitoneal space [3] . Most RBCs are single, and a few are multiple [1,4] . Patients with RBC often lack characteristic symptoms, which may only be discovered occasionally through physical examination or image analysis [5] .…”