Mediastinal duplication cyst is a rare cause of mediastinal mass in early infancy. Recurrent retropharyngeal abscess an uncommon presentation cyst. We report case nine year old girl who presented with recurrent abscess. Surgical excision was performed successfully. The mode clinical and management has been discussed.

background: foregut duplication cysts associated with vertebral anomalies are referred to as neurenteric cyst. about 30 cases have been reported in the literature so far. posterior mediastinal neurenteric cysts are very rare and a few studies could be found in the literature even after extensive search. because of rarity we are prompted to present 7 cases of posterior mediastinal neurenteric cy...

A 58-year-old man who had been undergoing treatment for chronic pericarditis for 15 months was found to have a calcified mediastinal mass shadow on a chest X-ray and was referred to us for further study and treatment. Chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed an anterior mediastinal multilocular tumor with rim calcification. Tumor markers were within normal limits. The pat...

A mediastinal Mullerian cyst was initially reported as a new category of congenital cyst by Hattori, et al. in 2005. We treated a 53-year-old female referred to us with a posterior mediastinal tumor found at the Th5 prevertebral level by chest-computed tomography during a medical check-up. She had a history of mediastinal teratoma, which was removed at the age of 35. Chest magnetic resonance im...

INTRODUCTION Progress in the development of surgical techniques has led to the growing use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) techniques in mediastinal cyst treatment. AIM To present our experience of treating mediastinal cysts with the minimally invasive technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty patients with mediastinal cysts were treated from 2001 to 2011. There were 32 women and...

Mediastinal cysts have an unpredictable course but can cause complications such as infection or local pressure effects. Persons with mediastinal cysts can be asymptomatic for many years or can develop symptoms as a result of complications of the cyst. There is a lack of consensus on the best approach to managing those patients without symptoms. In this case report, a 56 year old woman with an i...

conclusions coronary artery aneurysm should be a differential diagnosis in cases of mediastinal cyst and mass lesion. case presentation a 32-year-old woman presented with edema of the upper and lower limbs, palpitation, and chest pain, and was diagnosed with a giant right coronary artery aneurysm that had initially mimicked a mediastinal cyst. although computed tomography (ct) suggested a media...

Mediastinal epidermoid cyst is a rare condition that is considered as a congenital disorder. Various manifestations from asymptomatic cases to serious symptoms may be found in these patients. However, some cases may be diagnosed incidentally. Here, we report an old man with recurrent pneumonia who demonstrated symptoms of respiratory distress and chest pain. The high resolution computed tomogra...