A 22-year-old woman had an abnormal chest X-ray (Fig. 1) in her regular health examination. She was asymptomatic and a non-smoker. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a 4-cm soft tissue mass with internal calcifi cation (Fig. 2A) and enhancement in the left lower lobe (Fig. 2B). The patient received left lower lobectomy. What is the diagnosis? A. Bronchogenic carcinoma B. Bronchopulmonary c...

Congenital pulmonary malformations (CPM) comprise a group of anatomical abnormalities of the respiratory tree including congenital cystic malformations, bronchopulmonary sequestrations, bronchogenic cyst, bronchial atresia and congenital lobar emphysema.Socioeconomic, demographic, and hospital factors were determinants of survival of CPM. Antenatal diagnosis should be developed in order to impr...

Bronchogenic cysts (BC) are congenital abnormalities that occur most commonly within the mediastinum, and rarely occur within the diaphragm. We present the 21st case of an intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst in the English literature, and review all previous published cases. Analysis includes presenting clinical symptoms, relevant radiologic studies, surgical approaches to resection, and manag...

We report 3 cases of patients with bronchogenic cyst arising in the posterior mediastinum. The patients were a 19-year-old male, a 36-year-old female and a 33-year-old female, whose cysts were detected as abnormal shadows in the chest. In 2 of them, neurogenic tumors were suspected preoperatively. We performed thoracoscopic resection for the 3 tumors. Bronchogenic cysts may occur ectopically, a...

BRONCHOGENIC CYSTS ARE UNCOMMON congenital lesions located within the mediastinum. These lesions usually are asymptomatic and rarely require surgical intervention. The authors present a unique case demonstrating intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic evidence of superior vena cava (SVC) compression by a bronchogenic cyst without any preoperative clinical or sonographic evidence of vas...

A 33-year old man developed gradually worsening dysphagia and dyspnoea over three months. Clinical examination was unremarkable. The chest xray showed a well defined soft tissue density mass in the middle mediastinum. The CT scan showed a well defined, non enhancing, subcarinal, retrocardiac, low density lesion (13.5×12×11.8 cm) compressing the oesophagus. There was no calcification. The possib...