Calcified Bronchogenic Cyst

Scapular bronchogenic cyst

We report a rare case of a 3-year-old male child with scapular bronchogenic cyst. The cyst was excised because of associated pain and discharge from the swelling. Till date, 64 cases of cutaneous bronchogenic cyst have been reported in the literature. Only 12 of these patients had lesion located in periscapular area. The treatment is surgical as it can undergo malignant transformation.

Intrapericardial bronchogenic duplication cyst.

Bronchogenic cysts arise from an abnormal budding of the ventral diverticulum of the foregut or the tracheobronchial tree, during embryogenesis. Intrapericardial cysts are rare, accounting for 27% of bronchogenic cysts. In this case report, we present a young woman with a symptomatic intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst compressing the superior vena cava. The cyst was resected via median sternoto...

Ectopic bronchogenic cyst.

An 11-month-old male infant presented with a history of progressively increasing cough, breathlessness and fever of ten days duration. There was no history of any illness in the past. Examination revealed a 4x4 cms cystic mass in the left anterior triangle of the neck close to the sternal notch. There were no local signs of acute inflammation. Trachea was shifted to the right and bilaterally, h...

Intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst.

Combined esophageal duplication cyst with bronchogenic cyst.

Ultrasonogram revealed cystic lesion in the right upper chest with internal echoes. Barium swallow showed a mass lesion causing smooth indentation of the esophageal outline (Fig. 1). At surgery, a cyst was identified in the posterior mediastinum, which was para-esophageal in location extending into the superior mediastinum. After excision, clinical improvement was rapid and child is well 8 mont...

Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst: a case report

  Bronchogenic cysts are among developmental disorders of the primitive foregut which are typically found above the diaphragm. Bronchial cysts discovered in the abdominal cavity or retroperitoneum are extremely rare. We present a rare case of a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst which was incidentally detected after a wrestling injury in a 23-year-old man who had a negative medical history. Alth...