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Anesthesiology 2019 Apr 16. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (C.P., C.B.Z., J.H.) the Department of Anesthesiology, Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky (J.H.).

Asian J Endosc Surg 2019 Apr 3. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.

A 31-year-old man with pain in his thigh was diagnosed with a benign presacral cystic mass. We performed laparoscopic subtotal resection of the cyst utilizing mobilization of a total mesorectal excision procedure used in low anterior resection for rectal cancer. Histopathological findings showed that the cystic lumen of the specimen was lined with pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium and had glandular structures and smooth muscle in its wall, leading to a diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst. Read More

Dysphagia 2019 Mar 29. Epub 2019 Mar 29.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tunisia University, Tunis, Tunisia.

Detailed information on the hypopharyngeal cyst presentation, terminology, classification, diagnosis, management, and possible complication is scarce though it would lead to life-threatening symptoms. This review article, therefore, meticulously presents and analyzes the majority of the pertaining literature. In this context, a particular emphasis has been placed on the embryological development of the branchial arches while discussing each entity that would improve the current understanding of different pharyngeal cyst's pathologies. Read More

Rev Esp Patol 2019 Apr - Jun;52(2):117-119. Epub 2018 Feb 9.

Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Infanta Margarita, Cabra, España.

Bronchogenic cysts are rare benign lesions that arise during embryogenesis of the primitive proximal intestine and are located primarily in the lung. They are lined with cuboid or columnar pseudostratified and ciliated epithelium and have elastic fibers, smooth muscle, bronchial glands and cartilage in their walls. Gastric bronchogenic cysts are extremely rare with very few reported cases. Read More

Pediatr Surg Int 2019 Mar 5. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Background: Foregut duplication cysts (FD) with a common muscular wall with the oesophagus are well recognised. Our case series highlights the existence of a common wall between superior mediastinal FD and the tracheo-bronchial tree.

Materials And Methods: Over the last 15 years, we have thoracoscopically resected 41 FD. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2019 Mar 4;12(3). Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

A 38-year-old woman developed a spontaneous right-sided tension pneumothorax during light aircraft travel. The aircraft was diverted to a regional centre, where emergent needle thoracostomy and chest tube insertion were performed. History suggested that this was the second episode of pneumothorax, with an untreated event with similar symptomatology during air travel 1 year ago. Read More

Ann Diagn Pathol 2019 Feb 16;39:78-85. Epub 2019 Feb 16.

Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Respiratorias, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Hospital de Pediatría Silvestre Frenk Freund, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico.

Pulmonary malformations are rare disorders, with cystic and pseudocystic pulmonary malformations (CPPM) the most frequent, and constitute the first cause of lobectomy in children <1 year of age. Morphological overlap of congenital cystic pulmonary lesions might correspond to a spectrum of lesions in which bronchial atresia is a common etiopathogenetic mechanism. We aimed to report the frequency of CPPM resected in a tertiary-level hospital and to evaluate the degree of agreement between presurgical and anatomopathological diagnoses. Read More

Eur Radiol 2019 Feb 22. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco Milano, Children's Hospital V. Buzzi, Via Castelvetro 32, 20154, Milan, Italy.

Objectives: To compare postnatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the reference standard computed tomography (CT) in the identification of the key features for diagnosing different types of congenital lung malformation (CLM).

Methods: Respiratory-triggered T2-weighted single-shot turbo spin echo (ss-TSE), respiratory-triggered T1-weighted turbo field echo (TFE), balanced fast field echo (BFFE), and T2-weighted MultiVane sequences were performed at 1.5 T on 20 patients prospectively enrolled. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(5):e14353

Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Rationale: Bronchogenic cysts refer to congenital anomalies derived from the primitive foregut. Spinal bronchogenic cysts are uncommon entities, and those occurring in the intramedullary sites are extremely rare. Bronchogenic cysts involving the foramen magnum region have only been described in 2 cases; however, intramedullary bronchogenic cysts with syringomyelia have not yet been reported. Read More

Pediatr Pulmonol 2019 Mar 10;54(3):228-229. Epub 2019 Jan 10.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Tygerberg, South Africa.

Surg Case Rep 2018 Dec 29;4(1):151. Epub 2018 Dec 29.

First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University school of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handa-yama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Background: Prone position surgery has become widespread for esophageal cancer instead of the traditional lateral decubitus approach. Carbon dioxide insufflation and the gravity effect provide a better operative field without parenchymal retraction. We herein report a case of a subcarinal bronchogenic cyst, which was successfully removed by the prone position surgery. Read More

Arch Bronconeumol 2018 Dec 24. Epub 2018 Dec 24.

Servicio de Radiología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España.

CASE (Phila) 2018 Dec 9;2(6):254-257. Epub 2018 Aug 9.

Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.

Pathologica 2018 Sep;110(2):116-120

Department of Pathology, University General Hospital of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.

Bronchogenic cysts represent congenital malformations deriving from an abnormal development of the primitive foregut during embryogenesis. These lesions are rarely found and they are most frequently localized in the mediastinum, or in lung parenchyma. Intramuscular localization is extremely rare, especially within the diaphragm. Read More

World J Clin Cases 2018 Nov;6(14):807-810

Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.

We herein report a rare case of ileal bronchogenic cyst that was found in a 39-year-old Chinese man. He had no symptoms and the physical examination was normal. Tumor markers were within the normal range. Read More

J Cardiothorac Surg 2018 Nov 20;13(1):120. Epub 2018 Nov 20.

Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.

Background: Intra-thymic bronchogenic cysts are a rare entity but should be considered in the differential of all non-invasive thymic masses.

Case Presentation: We describe a 50-year-old patient who was found to have an incidental thymic mass on computer tomography of the chest. Non-invasive thymoma was suspected and a thoracoscopic thymectomy was performed. Read More

J Invest Surg 2018 Nov 15:1-6. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA.

Purpose: To present six cases of bronchogenic cysts while highlighting the diagnosis and management of this anomaly.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted using our institution's Pathology database. The database was queried for "bronchogenic cyst. Read More

F1000Res 2018 28;7:960. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

Internal Medicine Residency, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL, 32803, USA.

Bronchogenic cysts are congenital malformations from abnormal budding of embryonic foregut and tracheobronchial tree. We present a case of bronchogenic cyst with severe back pain, epigastric distress and refractory nausea and vomiting.   A 44-year-old Hispanic female presented with a 3-week history of recurrent sharp interscapular pain radiating to epigastrium with refractory nausea and vomiting. Read More

Case Rep Obstet Gynecol 2018 13;2018:5346920. Epub 2018 Sep 13.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan.

A 37-year-old (G4P3) woman was referred to our hospital at 32 weeks of gestation for the evaluation of a fetus with an intrathoracic cystic lesion. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed that a fetal cystic lesion without a mucosal layer was located in the posterior mediastinum. These findings were consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. Read More

AJP Rep 2018 Jul 25;8(3):e195-e200. Epub 2018 Sep 25.

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

Etiologies of fetal lung anomalies include congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), intra- or extralobar pulmonary sequestration, congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS), bronchogenic cyst, and bronchial atresia. Fetal tracheobronchoscopy has been reported both as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in the setting of severe congenital lung lesions. In this case report, prenatal imaging of a fetus with a large chest mass was suspicious for an obstructive bronchial lesion. Read More

Turk J Surg 2018 Sep 11:1-3. Epub 2018 Sep 11.

Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.

Bronchogenic cyst localized in the retroperitoneum is a rare clinical entity. It is a congenital malformation generally occurring in the posterior mediastinum due to the abnormal development of the foregut. We report the case of a retroperitoneal cyst presenting as left adrenal cyst. Read More

Case Rep Pediatr 2018 15;2018:7463724. Epub 2018 Aug 15.

Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Queen's University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, Canada.

Bronchogenic cysts are rare, congenital cysts originating from respiratory epithelium and typically found within the chest. Cutaneous bronchogenic cysts are exceedingly uncommon, with only 19 reported cases in the scapular region and almost exclusively occurring in male patients. Herein, we present the case of a female patient with recurrent cellulitis secondary to a bronchogenic cyst, which was diagnosed after surgical excision. Read More

Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi 2018 Aug;21(8):649-651

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Bronchogenic cyst occurring in the diaphragm is rare and thoracoscopic cyst resection is mainly effective treatment. The coronary artery bleeding after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has never been described; here we report a case of left coronary artery injury after thoracoscopic itradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst resection, which may be caused by metallic troca or chest tube. Read More

Lung India 2018 Sep-Oct;35(5):421-424

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Mediastinal cysts are mostly congenital, but rarely, infections and malignancies can cause cystic degeneration of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Diagnosis is challenging as the presenting symptoms are nonspecific. Surgical resection is the reference modality both for diagnosis and management. Read More

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2019 Feb 13;29(1):49-52. Epub 2018 Aug 13.

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Introduction:  Rhabdomyomatous dysplasia (RD) is a pathologic finding in CPAMs that was incorrectly attributed to their malignant potential. The increasing recognition of extrathoracic (intradiaphragmatic and intraabdominal) congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) offers a clue to the origin of RD. We hypothesize that the presence of RD is related to the CPAM's anatomic location. Read More

J Infect Chemother 2019 Feb 8;25(2):151-153. Epub 2018 Aug 8.

Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cliniques universitaires Saint- Luc, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.

We present an unusual case of cardiac tamponade in a 17-year-old girl immunocompetent patient due to Salmonella enterica ssp. bredeney following infection of a bronchogenic cyst. The patient was admitted to hospital with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea and fever. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Jul 23;2018. Epub 2018 Jul 23.

Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

The incidence of laryngopyocoele is very unusual and only 41 cases have been documented in the world literature. Although hoarseness and stridor are the predominant symptoms associated with laryngocoele,patient can present with a recurrent neck abscess misleading to an infected branchial cyst. Complete excision of the cyst can be effectively achieved by the transcervical approach, especially in case of a large lateral cyst in a stable patient. Read More

Respirol Case Rep 2018 Oct 18;6(7):e00353. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

Department of Pathology Hachioji Medical Center of Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Tokyo Japan.

Azygos vein varix is a very rare disease associated with a risk of rupture or thrombosis. Here, we report a case of azygos vein varix mimicking bronchogenic cysts. A 79-year-old female patient presented with abnormal shadows on a chest X-ray during an annual check-up. Read More

Respirol Case Rep 2018 Oct 17;6(7):e00350. Epub 2018 Jul 17.

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Oncology and Respiratory Medicine Shimane University Faculty of Medicine Shimane Japan.

Intrapulmonary bronchogenic cysts are rare in adults and most are outside the trachea and bronchi. There are reports of clear link with the trachea, but the cyst itself occurs outside the trachea. Thus, bronchoscopy will not reveal the cause, which often leads to a diagnosis by surgical resection. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 9;49:163-165. Epub 2018 Jul 9.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan.

Introduction: A Müllerian cyst is a recently defined rare benign tumor of the posterior mediastinum. It is necessary to distinguish it from neurogenic tumor or bronchogenic cyst arising in the posterior mediastinum. Herein, we have reported and reviewed a case of Müllerian cyst in the light of the existing literature. Read More

Respir Med Case Rep 2018 4;24:46-49. Epub 2018 Apr 4.

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the Huntington Veterans Administration Medical Center, Huntington, WV 25701, USA.

Bronchogenic and other duplication cysts are congenital abnormalities that can present at any age including adulthood years. They are usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on radiological imaging of the chest. They are commonly treated by surgical resection. Read More

Acta Biomed 2018 Jun 7;89(2):260-261. Epub 2018 Jun 7.

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with an occasional image of a wide paratracheal oval air cyst of not easy definition. Patient had never received a chest X-ray and she had never suffered from symptoms that needed to investigate the trachea or the neck. The diagnostic hypothesis was a wide tracheal diverticulum or a bronchogenic cyst. Read More

QJM 2018 Dec;111(12):905

Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

Innovations (Phila) 2018 May/Jun;13(3):230-232

A 58-year-old white male with a history of stroke and deep vein thrombosis presented with an interatrial intraseptal mass. Cardiac-computed tomography demonstrated a thin-walled, well-demarcated cyst in the inferior border of the fossa ovalis protruding into both atria. Removal of the interatrial intraseptal cyst was performed using a minimally invasive three-dimensional endoscopic periareolar approach. Read More

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018 09;19(9):1074

Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Center for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu Mure?, Ghe. Marinescu st. 38, Tîrgu Mure?, Romania.

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Jun 11;2018. Epub 2018 Jun 11.

Intensive Care Unit, Université catholique de Louvain-Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Case Rep Pulmonol 2018 9;2018:9121389. Epub 2018 May 9.

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital malformations which arise from abnormal budding of the primitive tracheobronchial tube and can localize to either the mediastinum or lung parenchyma. They remain clinically silent in most adults unless they become infected or are large enough to compress adjacent structures. Infections involving bronchogenic cysts are often polymicrobial. Read More

Cir Cir 2018 ;86(2):187-190

Servicio de Gastrocirugía, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México.

Backgronund: Bronchogenic cysts result from abnormal budding of the primitive tracheobronchial tube and are rare congenital cystic lesions. The location of the cyst depends on the embryological stage of abnormal budding. Although periesophageal bronchogenic cysts have been frequently reported, a completely intramural cyst is very rare. Read More

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018 03;32(5):391-392

World J Surg 2018 11;42(11):3638-3645

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for mediastinal bronchogenic cyst (MBC) excision and investigate the surgical indication for MBC.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all consecutive MBC patients who underwent surgical excision between April 2001 and June 2016. One hundred and nineteen patients were enrolled with a median age of 45. Read More

Ther Clin Risk Manag 2018 3;14:699-707. Epub 2018 May 3.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Esophageal bronchogenic cysts are extremely rare. Here we report a case of massive upper digestive tract hematoma and bronchogenic cyst mimicking aortic dissection that was safely removed without esophagectomy. A 30-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the treatment of a mediastinal cystic tumor located in the submucosa of the distal esophagus. Read More

J Vis Surg 2018 20;4:55. Epub 2018 Mar 20.

Department of Pathology, S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

Cystic lesions of the pericardium are a rare entity. Generally, they are congenital and located in the cardiophrenic angle. The right paratracheal location is unusual and differential diagnosis in particular with bronchogenic cyst is difficult even when using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Read More

Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol 2018 Mar 28;15(1):10-17. Epub 2018 Mar 28.

Department of Surgery, Urology and Children Transplantology, Institute of Mother's Polish Health Centre, Lodz, Poland.

Introduction: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) is a rare anomaly. The mechanisms and the time at which the abnormality develops are still unclear. The malformation is characterized by the presence of single large or multiple but smaller cysts. Read More

Int J Surg 2018 Jul 12;55:188-192. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Electronic address:

Background: The deep location, narrow operative space and proximity to major vessels make minimally invasive resection of nonadrenal retroperitoneal tumors (NTRs) challenging and rarely reported. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of robotic resection of benign nonadrenal retroperitoneal tumors.

Methods: The demographics and perioperative outcomes of a consecutive series of patients who underwent robotic NTR resection between January 1, 2015, and August 30, 2017, were analyzed. Read More

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2018 Sep 9;28(9):1129-1134. Epub 2018 Apr 9.

1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Robert Debré Hospital , AP-HP, Paris, France .

Background: No data exist evaluating the utilization and safety of outpatient thoracoscopy in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of outpatient thoracoscopy and to assess parental opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of a pediatric thoracoscopy outpatient setting.

Methods: A retrospective review of data from patients treated by thoracoscopy for congenital pulmonary malformation between 2013 and 2016 was performed. Read More

European J Pediatr Surg Rep 2018 Jan 22;6(1):e24-e26. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

Department of Paediatric Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

A 5-year-old girl was referred to our unit with an incidental finding of a lesion on the right hemithorax situated within the right atrial shadow. Computed tomography thorax showed a well-defined soft tissue lesion felt to be consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. The lesion was located in the posterior mediastinum, adherent to the diaphragm and inferior vena cava, but did not extend within the wall of the esophagus. Read More

Case Rep Pediatr 2018 21;2018:9590829. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Wheezing and cough are common case scenarios that pediatricians encountered in their office practices. Although a bronchogenic cyst is an uncommon condition, it is essential to be considered in the differential diagnosis of a chronic cough and wheezing among young children who fail to respond to appropriate medical treatment. A 28-month-old girl was referred to our pediatric pulmonology clinic with persistent symptoms of a cough and wheeze unresponsive to standard asthma therapy. Read More

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2018 Apr 6;28(2):163-170. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has gained broad acceptance among pediatric surgeons. Today, VATS can be regarded as a routine approach for various conditions in neonates and infants. However, there is a lack of information concerning the complications of thoracoscopic pulmonary surgery in neonates and infants. Read More

J Neurosci Rural Pract 2018 Jan-Mar;9(1):149-151

Department of Neurosurgery, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Intraspinal bronchogenic cyst (SBC) is a rare but important cause of spinal cord compression, commonly seen in the cervicothoracic spine. We report a case of a 43-year-old male, presenting with complaints of neck pain, radiating to right shoulder, with numbness of right hand and fingers. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine revealed an intradural extramedullary, ventral cystic lesion extending from C2 to C4 vertebral levels. Read More