Bronchogenic cysts arise from abnormal buds from the primitive esophagus and tracheobronchial tree, which do not extend to the site where alveolar differentiation occurs. Bronchogenic cysts are typically unilocular mucus field lesions arising from posterior membranous wall of the air way. The prenatal diagnosis usually is realized by two-dimensional ultrasound showing the large unilocular cysti...

A 5-½-month-old female Holstein-Friesian calf was presented with a history of recurring ruminal tympany and poor development. The absence of lung sounds on the right hemithorax suggested a right-sided intrathoracic pathology. Radiography and computed tomography revealed a large thin-walled cavernous lesion with a gas-fluid interface which almost completely filled the right thoracic cavity. Flui...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative and operative presentations of one paediatric and 30 adult patients with bronchogenic cyst of the mediastinum (n = 11) and lung (n = 20). At initial presentation, six patients were asymptomatic and 25 were symptomatic. The mean age of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients was 25 and 33 yrs, respectively. Six patients presented with complica...

OBJECTIVE All cases of bronchogenic cysts treated in our center are analysed in order to define its clinical and pathological features. These data are used to determine whether surgical treatment in all cases is justified or whether there is a place for conservative treatment. METHODS We retrospectively studied the medical records and pathology reports of all patients with bronchogenic cysts ...

The common congenital lung malformations have traditionally been divided into separate pathological entities such as pulmonary airway malformations, cystic adenomatoid malformations, congenital lobar emphysema, intra or extra pulmonary sequestrations, bronchogenic and foregut cysts. Some may produce respiratory compromise immediately after birth or even in utero. The management of such life thr...

Bronchogenic cysts comprise approximately 6% of mediastinal tumors in children. The treatment consists in surgical resection of the cyst. The authors present the case of a 17-year-old girl who was accidentally diagnosed with a mediastinal cyst. The patient was successfully treated with thoracoscopic surgery with good early and late clinical outcomes.