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Mediastinal esophageal cyst causing unilateral hyperlucent lung.

T Fukumoto·T Uyama·S Sakiyama·K Kondo·Y Monden
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Abstract

Unilateral emphysema secondary to bronchial obstruction by a foregut-derived mediastinal cyst is rare. Here we describe an infant with a unilateral hyperlucent lung due to compression on the left main bronchus by an esophageal cyst, visualized by chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. A chest roentgenogram and a perfusion scan presented the normalized left lung after resection of the cyst.

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T Fukumoto, T Uyama, S Sakiyama, K Kondo, Y Monden. 1999. Mediastinal esophageal cyst causing unilateral hyperlucent lung.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03217959

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