Bronchogenic cysts are congenital anomalies of the bronchial tree that are often asymptomatic at presentation in adults. Management of asymptomatic bronchogenic cyst in this population remains controversial. Eighteen patients with bronchogenic cysts were treated at our institution since 1975. At initial presentation, 10 patients (56 percent) were asymptomatic and 8 (44 percent) were symptomatic...

Lesions occur in hepatogastric gap is common, but most of these lesions are from stomach, lower esophagus and pancreas lesions extending or transferring to the gap. Lesions occurred in the hepatogastric ligament are rare, especially bronchogenic cysts in the hepatogastric ligament. So far, there were no relevant cases reported. Here, we report a case of bronchogenic cyst in the hepatogastric li...

Gastric bronchogenic cysts are rare lesions, first described in 1956, with only 34 cases reported in the literature to date. The present study described a case of bronchogenic cyst of the stomach in a 17-year-old female who presented with periodic epigastric pain. In addition, the study analyzed the existing literature on these lesions. Gastric bronchogenic cysts are more common in females (fem...

Bronchogenic cyst is a rare developmental lesion. It can cause symptoms only when infected or pressing on neighboring structures. A 56-year-old woman presenting with orthopnea and chest pain was found to have a bronchogenic cyst compressing the right pulmonary artery and the left atrial roof. The mass adhered to surrounding structures and complete resection of the mass seemed to be technically ...

A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of chest discomfort and dyspnea for the previous 3 months. Upper endoscopy showed a 2.5×2.0cm bulging lesion in the distal esophagus (●" Fig.1). Endoscopic ultrasound revealed a 1.1×2.5cm hypoechoic cystic lesion arising from the muscularis propria (●" Fig.2). Endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection (ESTD) was performed using a h...

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...

A retrospective analysis of 57 consecutive cases with congenital cystic disease of the lung admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, between 1985-1995 is presented. There were 37 congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), 7 cystic adenomatoid malformation (CAM), 8 bronchogenic cyst (BC) and 5 pulmonary sequestrations (PS). There were 39...