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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2020 Jul 12:218492320943338. Epub 2020 Jul 12.

Division of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

Bronchogenic cysts are generally detected in the mediastinum, along the tracheobronchial tree, or in the lung parenchyma. Subcutaneous presternal bronchogenic cysts have been rarely described, and they are usually of small size (<3 cm) and reported in children. We report a case of giant presternal subcutaneous bronchogenic cyst in a 20-year-old man. Read More

Radiol Case Rep 2020 Sep 2;15(9):1428-1432. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Department of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, 170 Juwha-ro, Ilsansu-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonsgi-Do, South Korea.

Surgical resection is usually indicated for symptomatic mediastinal tumors. However, surgery potentially increases postoperative complications and hospitalization length in patients who are elderly, in poor general condition, or have tumors located in the thoracic inlet. We present an 84-year-old female with progressive cough and dyspnea for 1 week. Read More

Cureus 2020 Jun 28;12(6):e8874. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

Cardiology, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, USA.

Bronchogenic cysts are speculated to arise from abnormal budding of the foregut tissue during embryogenesis. Around 90% of mediastinal bronchogenic cysts are asymptomatic, and a small percentage of them present with chest pain and dyspnea. Pericardial effusion is one of the manifestations described; however, pericarditis has not been widely reported. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2020 Jun 26. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutaliste Montsouris, Île de France, Paris, France.

Background: The natural evolution of bronchogenic cysts (BCs) is unpredictable. Although most surgeons agree that symptomatic BCs should be resected, questions remain regarding the optimal management of asymptomatic mediastinal cysts. We present a case series of BCs to compare patients who underwent preventive surgery with those who underwent surgery after symptom onset. Read More

Dig Liver Dis 2020 Jun 16. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Department of Gastroenterology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China. Electronic address:

Klin Padiatr 2020 Jun 18. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2020 Jul 3;55:275-279. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Department of General and Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hashemite University, Jordan.

Introduction: Pericardial cysts are considered as a rare congenital abnormality, mostly found incidentally. The estimated incidence of pericardial cyst is 1:100,000 and represent approximately 6% of all mediastinal masses. Patients can present with symptoms similar to acute chest pain or right-sided heart failure or can be asymptomatic. Read More

Semin Diagn Pathol 2020 Jul 5;37(4):199-210. Epub 2020 May 5.

University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine P.O. Box 100275 1600 SW Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32610-0275.

This review focuses on the diagnosis of select benign processes, ranging from reactive entities to heterotopic tissues to neoplasms, which may occur in the mediastinum. Currently, the mediastinum can be evaluated and biopsied with endoscopic procedures. Therefore, cytopathology specimens, fine needle aspirations, and small biopsies play an important role in the diagnosis of these lesions. Read More

Turk Patoloji Derg 2020 Jun 11. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Department of Pathology, ARIANA, TUNIS.

Dig Liver Dis 2020 Jul 24;52(7):784-785. Epub 2020 May 24.

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Pôle des Pathologies Digestives, Hépatiques et de la Transplantation, Hôpital de Hautepierre-Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 1, Avenue Moliere, 67098,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

Indian J Cancer 2020 Apr-Jun;57(2):205-208

Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajender Nagar New Delhi, India.

Intra-abdominal bronchogenic cysts are rare entities and only a handful of cases occurring within the lesser sac have been described. Further, the development of malignancy in a bronchogenic cyst is exceptional and one arising in a lesser sac has so far not been reported. We present herein an account of a 44-year-old man who presented with recurrent upper abdominal pain. Read More

J Int Med Res 2020 May;48(5):300060520925673

Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.

Bronchogenic cysts are primitive, foregut-derived developmental anomalies with bronchial-type, pseudostratified cylindrical epithelium. They are usually discovered in the thorax. The occurrence of such cysts in the retroperitoneum is extremely rare. Read More

Can J Cardiol 2020 Jun 24;36(6):967.e13-967.e15. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, The People's Hospital of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, P.R. China. Electronic address:

A bronchogenic cyst in the left atrium is rare. We report the case of a 17-year-old male patient who was admitted to the emergency department because of severe chest pain and dyspnea. He was diagnosed using echocardiography and computed tomography, which revealed a huge cardiac tumour in the dome of the left atrium. Read More

Klin Padiatr 2020 May 14. Epub 2020 May 14.

Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Respirol Case Rep 2020 Jul 12;8(5):e00583. Epub 2020 May 12.

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University Jeju South Korea.

Bronchogenic cysts are commonly located in the middle mediastinal compartment as fluid-filled cysts and thymoma is one of the most common neoplasms in the anterior mediastinum in adult cases. For two cases of asymptomatic, incidentally discovered anterior mediastinal soft tissue mass in adults, we planned to perform complete thymectomy with minimally invasive techniques based on the guidelines of International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group. Their pathological finding revealed cystic lesions lined by ciliated epithelium and this supported the diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst rather than thymic neoplasm. Read More

Adv Respir Med 2020 ;88(2):134-141

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom.

Mediastinal cysts are typically of bronchogenic, thymic or neurenteric origin, but may also represent oesophageal duplication. Posterior paravertebral mediastinal Müllerian cysts of undetermined pathogenesis are very rare occurrences. The first case of a ciliated cyst arising in the mediastinum, of probable Müllerian origin, was reported by Hattori in 2005, which gave rise to the name cyst of Hatorri (COH) The number of reported cases in literature of a similar nature have since then increased significantly. Read More

World J Clin Cases 2020 Apr;8(8):1525-1531

Department of Endoscopy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, and Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China.

Background: Gastric bronchogenic cysts (BCs) are extremely rare cystic masses caused by abnormal development of the respiratory system during the embryonic period. Gastric bronchial cysts are rare lesions first reported in 1956; as of 2019, only 37 cases are available in the MEDLINE/PubMed online databases. BCs usually have no clinical symptoms in the early stage, and their imaging findings also lack specificity. Read More

ACG Case Rep J 2020 Mar 19;7(3):e00356. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Department of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Bronchogenic cysts belong in the category of foregut duplication cysts, along with esophageal and neuroenteric duplication cysts. They are often found incidentally on cross-sectional imaging. Although they are benign, patients often undergo surgical resection because of diagnostic uncertainties. Read More

Fed Pract 2020 Apr;37(4):190-193

is a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellow, is Associate Chief of Staff of Education, and is Chief of the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, all at Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple Texas. is a Staff Physician at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Tasnim Lat is a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellow, Pawan Sikka previously was a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellow, and Udaya Bhat is Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at Baylor Scott and White in Temple.

Ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration was used successfully for both diagnosis and treatment of a rare bronchogenic cyst caused by an infection that was compressing mediastinal structures. Read More

World Neurosurg 2020 Apr 16;139:182-185. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address:

Background: Intracranial bronchogenic cysts (BCs) are extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a BC in which lesions involve the middle and posterior cranial fossa, as well as the infratemporal fossa.

Case Description: We present the case of a 38-year-old woman who suffered from a cranial nerve dysfunction for 2 years. Read More

Pediatr Radiol 2020 Jul 17;50(8):1083-1094. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Children's Hospital Zürich, Steinwiesstr. 75, CH 8032, Zürich, Switzerland.

Background: A radiation-free advanced imaging modality is desirable for investigating congenital thoracic malformations in young children.

Objective: To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of congenital bronchopulmonary foregut malformations and investigate the ability of lung MRI for their classification.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of consecutive MRI examinations performed for suspected congenital lung anomalies in 39 children (median age: 3. Read More

Wiad Lek 2020 ;73(3):614-618

Department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Tumours and tumorous lesions of head and neck account for 10% of all oncological pathologies. Branhyogenic cancer is found in 4.5% of patients with lateral cysts in the neck. Read More

Front Pediatr 2020 17;8:101. Epub 2020 Mar 17.

Paediatric Pulmonology and Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit, Sleep and Long-Term Ventilation Unit, Academic Department of Paediatrics, Research Institute, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.

About a fifth of all mediastinal masses are primary cysts arising in the absence of other underlying pathology. Bronchogenic cysts, although rare, are the most frequent type responsible for lower airways compression as they often develop in the peripheral branches of the tracheobronchial tree. We report the case of a 6-months-old child admitted for acute respiratory distress and wheezing not responsive to asthma treatment. Read More

Cureus 2020 Feb 27;12(2):e7111. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh-Al Kharj, SAU.

A bronchogenic cyst is a rare congenital malformation. It occurs due to the development of buds in any part of the tracheobronchial area. It can also lead to fatal complications, especially in the early stages of life. Read More

J Thorac Dis 2020 Feb;12(2):105-113

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.

Background: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) using the da Vinci robotic system for mediastinal mass resection and to describe the surgical approach for masses in different mediastinal regions.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from 84 patients who underwent RATS for resection of a mediastinal mass from June 2015 to April 2019. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Read More

Paediatr Respir Rev 2020 Feb 20. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address:

Objectives: To develop a clinical guideline for structured assessment and uniform reporting of congenital lung abnormalities (CLA) on Computed Tomography (CT)-scans.

Materials And Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for articles describing CT-scan abnormalities of congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS), congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) and bronchogenic cyst (BC). A structured report using objective features of CLA was developed after consensus between a pediatric pulmonologist, radiologist and surgeon. Read More

BMC Surg 2020 Mar 2;20(1):42. Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China.

Background: We herein report a rare case of an ectopic bronchogenic cyst of the gastric cardia. The initial diagnosis was a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); however, postoperative pathologic examination confirmed that it was a bronchogenic cyst.

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old woman visited our hospital for abdominal pain. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Feb;99(9):e19347

Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon, Bucheon, South Korea.

Introduction: Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital malformation defined as nonfunctioning lung tissue supplied by systemic circulation. It is uncommonly diagnosed in adults. Herein, we describe a clinical case of PS with cystic degeneration mimicking a bronchogenic cyst in an elderly patient. Read More

Am Surg 2020 Feb;86(2):e59-e60

Fukushima J Med Sci 2020 Apr 26;66(1):41-43. Epub 2020 Feb 26.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki City Medical Center.

Although bronchogenic cysts are the most common primary mediastinal cysts, intracardiac bronchogenic cysts are extremely rare. We report a case of a bronchogenic cyst of the interatrial septum in a 42-year-old woman who presented with recent onset of dyspnea on exertion. Cardiac investigations including transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography revealed a cystic homogeneous mass in the interatrial septum. Read More

Mol Clin Oncol 2020 Mar 16;12(3):244-246. Epub 2020 Jan 16.

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan.

Mediastinal leiomyosarcoma is an aggressive tumor that primarily occurs in the posterior mediastinum. A bronchogenic cyst is a benign lesion that often develops in the mediastinum close to the thoracic trachea and has been reported to be the origin of certain malignancies. The present study reports an extremely rare case of an anterior mediastinal leiomyosarcoma that was considered to have originated from a bronchogenic cyst. Read More

World J Clin Cases 2020 Jan;8(2):353-361

Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.

Background: Esophageal bronchogenic cyst (EBC) is a rare congenital disease that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively, and treatment remains controversial.

Case Summary: We report a 53-year-old Chinese woman hospitalized in our hospital following the discovery of a submucosal protruding mass of the esophagus by upper endoscopy. A preliminary diagnosis of EBC was made by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), and treatment was accomplished by endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection (ESTD). Read More

Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2020 Jan-Mar;63(1):116-118

Department of Pathology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Bronchogenic cyst (BC) is a very rare congenital anomaly occurring due to budding of the primitive foregut, and its common location is the posterior mediastinum. BC when diagnosed prenatally can be treated if it is encroaching on the development of lungs. BC has been reported in other locations such as cervical, thoracic, abdominal sites and also as subcutaneous lesions. Read More

J Pak Med Assoc 2019 Jul;69(7):1035-1038

Department of Plastic surgery, King Edward medical university, Lahore.

The objective was to study the clinical presentation and surgical outcome in children with congenital cystic lesions of the lung. The medical records of 11 patients operated in the department of paediatric surgery, from January 2014 to December 2017, were evaluated retrospectively. Median age was 18 months (1-108). Read More

Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2020 Feb;112(2):154

Anatomía Patológica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León.

Bronchogenic cysts (BC) are rare congenital anomalies that result from abnormal budding of the tracheobronchial tree during fetal development. BC are usually located in the lung and the mediastinum, an abdominal location is unusual. Read More

Kyobu Geka 2020 Jan;73(1):68-71

Department of Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Shirotori Hospital, Higashikagawa, Japan.

The case is 61 years old, female. The mediastinal mass was pointed out at a medical examination, and she visited our hospital. A plain computed tomography (CT) scan showed a 12×35 mm mass in the anterior mediastinum, and a thymoma was suspected. Read More

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2020 Apr 13;30(4):444-447. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

To evaluate the outcomes of thoracoscopic resection of congenital lung malformations (CLM) by using JustRight (Bolder Surgical) 3-mm vessel sealing system and 5-mm stapler. Patients who underwent thoracoscopic resection of CLM in our Center from January 2016 to July 2019 were selected and divided into two groups: G1 (2018-2019), treated with the new JustRight instruments, and G2 (2016-2017), treated with Ligasure and Hem-o-lok. Surgical outcomes in term of length of surgery and complications were compared between groups, stratifying the groups for type of resection (lobectomy, extralobar sequestration [ES] resection, and bronchogenic cyst [BC] resection). Read More

J Surg Case Rep 2019 Dec 28;2019(12):rjz372. Epub 2019 Dec 28.

First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University school of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.

A complete excision is the most reliable therapy for bronchogenic cysts (BC) but is often accompanied by technical difficulties due to severe adhesions. An 83-year-old-woman with poorly controlled diabetes noted worsening upper abdominal pain after meals and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass in the subcarinal region, and she underwent a thoracoscopic prone position surgery. Read More

Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2020 Jan;58(1):19-24

Department of Pathology, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China.

To summarize the diagnosis, clinical manifestations, treatment and prognosis of congenital cystic lung lesions. A retrospective study described the clinical course of 96 patients (46 female and 50 male) diagnosed with congenital cystic lung lesions treated at the Tianjin Children's Hospital from January 2010 to March 2019. The clinical findings, imaging examinations, pathological findings, treatment and follow-up were analyzed. Read More

Clin Nucl Med 2020 Feb;45(2):172-173

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

A 51-year-old man presented with cough and pain in his upper chest for 1 week. Chest CT showed an ill-defined right paratracheal mass with slight enhancement in the upper mediastinum. A FDG PET/CT was performed showing focal increased FDG uptake with SUVmax of 4. Read More

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2020 Apr;27(2):142-146

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Background: Foregut cysts account for >50% of cystic lesions in the mediastinum, of which bronchogenic cysts are most common. Surgical resection is the most definitive approach for its diagnosis and treatment. A recent systematic review, however, suggests that endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has a role in the management of bronchogenic cyst. Read More

Dig Endosc 2020 03 15;32(3):435. Epub 2020 Jan 15.

Department of Gastroenterology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

J Card Surg 2019 Dec 15;34(12):1649-1650. Epub 2019 Nov 15.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, 401 Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2019 Aug 5;19(3):e257-e261. Epub 2019 Nov 5.

Department of Pathology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya, Delhi, India.

Foregut cystic developmental malformations (FCDM) are a type of rare cystic lesion. The occurrence of FCDM is exceedingly uncommon in the intraoral location. We report three cases of FCDM with intraoral location who presented at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India, in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with symptoms of respiratory distress and feeding difficulties. Read More

Kyobu Geka 2019 Nov;72(12):1034-1037

Department of Chest Surgery, Nagano Municipal Hospital, Nagano, Japan.

A 21-year-old man was admitted with fever and back pain. Chest computed tomography(CT) showed a cystic mass of 7×6 cm in the right middle mediastinum. After 3 days, symptoms worsen, and chest X-ray revealed the enlargement of the cyst, and an emergent operation was performed. Read More

CEN Case Rep 2020 May 7;9(2):186-187. Epub 2019 Nov 7.

Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan.

A 61-year-old man was hospitalized for creating vascular access for maintenance hemodialysis. Chronic interstitial nephritis was the cause of his end-stage kidney disease. An arteriovenous graft (AVG) was selected because superficial veins in his bilateral upper limbs were not suitable for arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Read More

J Cardiothorac Surg 2019 Oct 29;14(1):182. Epub 2019 Oct 29.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.

Background: The authors presented a 63-year old female synchronously complicated with a thymic tumor located at the left-side of the superior mediastinum, and a paravertebral tumor located at the right-side of the lower thorax. Conventional thoracoscopic surgical procedure using rigid instruments to simultaneously resect the two tumors via the same ports might be technically challenging. To our knowledge, the use of a surgical robot allowed the surgeon to perform precise dissection from extreme angles with the characteristic of articulating surgical instruments. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2019 18;64:150-153. Epub 2019 Oct 18.

Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan; Medical-Engineering Hybrid Professional Development Program, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.

Purpose: Congenital mediastinal cysts are an uncommon but important diagnostic group. Most of these cysts are benign and asymptomatic in adults. However, some of them are clinically problematic due to the compression of neighboring organs, infection, or perforation. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2019 12;64:128-132. Epub 2019 Oct 12.

Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Hospital and University Centre of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, 3000-075, Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address:

Introduction: Bronchogenic cysts are rare malformations, mostly diagnosed in children. We report the rare case of a neck bronchogenic cyst diagnosed in an elderly patient.

Presentation Of Case: The patient complained of a long-standing submental mass. Read More