Bronchogenic cysts are congenital lesions from the primitive foregut, mostly located in the mediastinum. Surgical excision in symptomatic cases is often challenging. Video-assisted mediastinoscopy offers a safe and effective approach with less morbidity and shorter hospital stay compared to open sternotomy or posterolateral thoracotomy. We describe a case of a young female with a large symptoma...

Although bronchogenic cysts of the lungs are not very common, the widespread use of mass miniature radiography and check radiography of the chest is revealing more and more of such congenital anomalies. It may therefore be of advantage for radiographers and chest physicians to bear in mind this possibility in the differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment of such cases. The present case i...

Bronchogenic cysts arise from an abnormal budding of the ventral diverticulum of the foregut or the tracheobronchial tree during embryogenesis. They are rarely found intrapericardially. Herein, we report the case of a 43-year-old man who presented with a ruptured intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst (IBC), with aggravating symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath. The cyst was complete...

Bronchogenic cysts are rare, benign, congenital anomalies of the primitive foregut encountered in the posterior mediastinum. Retroperitoneal location is uncommon, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We present a 46-year-old man who was examined for a complaint of nonspecific chronic abdominal pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging scan were perf...

Bronchogenic cysts are the most common cystic mediastinal lesion in children. Bronchogenic cyst causing unilateral obstructive emphysema is a rare presentation. We report the case of a one and half month old infant who presented with respiratory distress which was initially suspected as left pneumothorax on frontal chest radiograph but was later found to be due to hyperinflated left lung and he...

We report findings for a patient that underwent endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) for diagnostic purposes after an abnormal chest CT. The patient initially presented with cough and shortness of breath. Chest CT revealed a 6 cm soft tissue mass with mildly enlarged right hilar lymph nodes (LNs) and a small right sided pleural effusion. Based on these ...

From a rather extensive review of the literature’2 and an analysis of the case records of patients subjected to operation for mediastinal tumors and cysts the following particular impressions were gained. These neoplasms are relatively infrequent. The most common primary types are those of the thymus and those arising from lymphatic tissues, dermoids and teratomas, and the neurogenous tumors. T...