Supradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst extending into the retroperitoneum

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Jan;81(1):369-70. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.08.033.

Abstract

We experienced a case of bronchogenic cyst located on the left lower pleural space extending into the retroperitoneum in a 33-year-old man with left chest pain. Preoperative imaging studies and operative findings showed a broad-based cystic mass on the left lower posterior pleura and diaphragmatic pleura extending into the retroperitoneal region across the diaphragm. Histologic studies proved this mass to be a bronchogenic cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / complications
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / embryology
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / pathology*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Retroperitoneal Space