Upper airway obstruction classically produces stridor. However, wheezes can be a feature of upper airway obstruction under certain conditions in which case it becomes a diagnostic challenge. A case of infected mediastinal bronchogenic cyst earlier managed as bronchial asthma is presented to highlight such feature. A seven year old African boy presented with a 3-day history of cough and fever; a...

A child with coexisting mediastinal bronchogenic cyst and extralobar pulmonary sequestration is presented. Two distinct lesions were suggested by barium esophagram and confirmed by a chest computed tomography scan. The diagnostic and embryologic relationship of the two lesions is discussed.

Hydatid disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus parasite. It is an endemic disease; particularly in many Mediterranean countries. The liver and the lungs are most frequently involved. Bone involvement is reported in 1% 2% of the cases and about 50% of those are seen in the spine. Herein we report a case of primary spinal extradural hydatid cyst that caused paraplegia due to compression of ...

Thoracic duct cysts in the upper portion of the diaphragm are mostly found in the neck and are rarely found in the mediastinum. Thoracic duct cysts should be differentiated from other mediastinal tumors or cysts, and surgical treatment is required to avoid the development of chylothorax if the cyst ruptures. Herein, we report the case of a patient with a thoracic cyst located just above the dia...

Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst is rarely a complicat ion of pancreatit is. Both the syndrome itself and diagnostic chest radiograph can easily be confused with hiatus hernia. It is a challenge for radiologists to distinguish a mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst from a mediastinal cystic lesion on CT (computed tomography) axial imaging. Here, we present the case of a 51-year old man with sever...

Benign tumors of the mediastinum may on occasion reach massive proportions. Previous reports on mediastinal tumors made by Clagett and others include a fibroma weighing over 4000 gm successfully removed, and a lipoma (autopsy specimen) of 12,000 gm. Ganglioneuroma of the mediastinum is a rare lesion and is almost always posterior in origin. Three of 71 cases reviewed by Kent and Blades were in ...