Gastrointestinal duplications are rare congenital anomalies in children. The most common site being jejunum and ileum, followed by mediastinum, colon, stomach, duodenum rectum. Esophageal duplication cysts accounts for twenty percent. Majority of them detected childhood treated. A very small percentage can present adult population posing diagnostic challenges due to the clinical presentations. ...

OBJECTIVES Congenital cysts of the mediastinum are an uncommon but important diagnostic group, representing 12 to 30% of all mediastinal masses. The purpose of this study was to review our institutional experience with congenital cysts of the mediastinum, emphasizing the clinical spectrum of the disease. DESIGN Retrospective study. OBJECTIVES University hospital unit of general thoracic sur...

Esophageal duplication cyst is a rare congenital anomaly. They can be associated with other congenital anomalies, such as spinal abnormalities, and tracheoesophageal fistulas. In adults, almost of the patients with esophageal duplication cyst is asymptomatic and accidentally diagnosed by chest X-ray or computed tomography. However, cysts may become symptomatic owing to complications such as eso...

OBJECTIVE Bronchogenic and esophageal duplication cysts are congenital anomalies of the tracheobronchial tree and foregut that are often asymptomatic at initial presentation in adults. Surgery is always recommended, even for patients with asymptomatic disease, because of the possible development of symptoms and complications during the natural course of the disease and because definitive diagno...

Cyst rupture is one of the rarest complications of choledochal cysts (CC). We report an 8-year-old boy with CC rupture leading to bile peritonitis following repeated esophageal dilatations for corrosive stricture, and discuss how the esophageal dilatation procedures might constitute a predisposing factor for CC perforation.

A 56-year-old man presented with progressive dysphagia for 12 months, but reported no weight loss and no significant medical history. Gastroscopy revealed a bulge with normal overlying mucosa in the lower esophagus (●" Fig.1). Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed a 5-cm hypoechoic intraluminal cystic mass with clear margins originating from the muscularis propria (●" Fig.2). A well-defined cystic...

A 34-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of the development of dysphagia and weight loss. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed a submucosal tumor in the middle of the esophagus (▶Fig. 1 a) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) revealed a bilobed cystic lesion within the submucosal layer. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a well-defined, bilobed, cystic mass in the m...

INTRODUCTION Intramural esophageal tumors (IET) are located between unchanged mucous membrane and muscularis mucosae. They can be both benign and malignant. AIM To evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of IET. MATERIAL AND METHODS During the years 2010-2015, 11 patients with IET were treated in our clinic. Diagnostics included gastroscopy, computed tomography of the chest, endosc...