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V D Kollias

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PubMed1998

Intramural bronchogenic cyst of the oesophagus: a rare entity.

Bronchogenic cysts are congenital cystic lesions of foregut origin, usually intra-pulmonary or mediastinal in location. Peri-oesophageal bronchogenic cysts are rare, while intra-oesophageal cysts are almost always considered as enterogenous owing to their location and their composition. We report here an unusual case of a young adult with an intramural bronchogenic cyst causing dysphagia. Despite the fact that the cyst was completely embedded in the oesophageal wall, the pathological findings revealed the respiratory origin of the cyst. An extramucosal excision of the cyst was performed establishing the diagnosis and alleviating all our patient's symptoms.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

Pulmonary sequestration. Experience with eight consecutive cases.

Bronchopulmonary sequestration was diagnosed in eight patients, aged 6-47 years during a 13-year period. The sequestration was intralobar in six patients and extralobar in two. Only lower lobes were involved. Recurrent pulmonary infection was the main clinical presentation. Radiographs usually showed an aerated cyst in intralobar sequestration, while extralobar sequestration presented as a homogeneous shadow. Computed tomography of the chest after bolus infusion of contrast medium revealed the anomalous artery in two patients pre-operatively. The main source of arterial supply was the thoracic aorta in both sequestration types, but venous drainage differed between the types. Associated lesions were bronchogenic cyst and extensive bronchiectasis, each in one patient. Surgical treatment was sequestrectomy for extralobar and lobectomy for intralobar sequestration.

Adolescent↗