Foregut duplication cysts are rare. There is no mention of this type of mediastinal mass in searches of the anesthesia literature. A 42-year-old woman undergoing preoperative evaluation for elective bilateral breast augmentation was found by chest radiograph to have a mediastinal mass. She was referred for additional evaluation. After thorough radiographic and physical examination, the patient ...

This case report presents an intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst exhibiting a unique shape. The patient was a 19-year-old man who had been diagnosed with a posterior mediastinal tumor by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, 2 years previously. The imaging revealed that the tumor was located on the left side of the posterior mediastinum and was 45 × 25 mm in size. As the size and sha...

Mediastinal masses are a frequent finding in patients with Hodgkin's disease, and usually represent either mediastinal lymphadenopathy or a diseased thymus gland.1 In some rare patients, however, the mediastinal mass may be due to diffuse thymic hyperplasia2 or benign thymic cysts.3 In each of the 10 reported cases of thymic cysts in Hodgkin's disease, the diagnosis of the thymic cysts was made...