1/74. Esophageal inflammatory pseudotumor associated with a pseudodiverticulosis cyst: two inter-related lesions?There are some unusual esophageal lesions, which by their rarity, and location or etiology raise difficult therapeutic decisions for surgeons. In this report, we describe an esophageal inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) associated with a pseudodiverticulosis cyst in an adult male. We discuss the pathogenic and the anatomopathological aspects of these uncommon associated lesions as well as the treatment of ITP.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/74. Esophageal duplication cyst coexisting with Bochdalek's hernia and polysplenia.Esophageal duplication cyst, Bochdalek's hernia and polysplenia are uncommon congenital anomalies which have not been reported to be associated with each other. We present the radiological aspects of an unusual coexistence of these three congenital anomalies in a 4-month-old girl.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/74. Rapidly enlarging esophageal duplication cyst.We report a rare esophageal duplication cyst, in a 12-year-old girl. The cyst had enlarged rapidly within 2 years. In December 1997, on admission, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cystic mass in the pleural cavity. We resected the cyst and the adjacent lung. Histopathological examination revealed an esophageal duplication cyst. Her presenting symptoms of fever and cough may have been related to infection of the cyst.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/74. Mediastinal esophageal cyst causing unilateral hyperlucent lung.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.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.4keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/74. Congenital esophageal cysts--two cases in adult patients.Esophageal cysts are a rare clinicopathological condition. They usually cause respiratory symptoms in children, while they are often asymptomatic in adults. Two cases of esophageal cysts in adults, recently diagnosed and treated in our department, are reported. In the 1st case (a 52 year-old woman) dysphagia was the main symptom. In the 2nd one (a 39 year-old woman) the patient was asymptomatic. Both were surgically excised by enucleation, with no post-operative complications. The histological study showed both cysts to be lined with ciliated cylindrical epithelium, and they were therefore considered to be congenital. Smooth muscle was only seen in the cyst wall in the 2nd case, but it was not organized in 2 layers, as is typical of duplication cysts. cartilage or respiratory glands, the pathognomonic features of bronchogenic cysts, were not identified in either of them. Therefore, the diagnosis was inclusion cysts in both cases.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2.2keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/74. Successful thoracoscopic surgical treatment of oesophageal cyst.The authors report a video-thoracoscopically successfully treated case of oesophageal cyst. The symptomatic lesion was diagnosed by swallowing, X-ray, oesophagoscopy, chest CT scan and endoscopic ultrasonography. The benign tumour was removed by a videothoracoscopic method using selective intubation. There were no intraoperative and postoperative complications. The patient was discharged on the fifth postoperative day. The videothoracoscopic technique is safe, involves little pain and permits a rapid return to normal activity. It is a preferred method for removing benign lesions of the oesophagus.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/74. Asymptomatic congenital oesophageal cyst infiltrating the lung: an unusual complication.An asymptomatic 14-year-old boy presented with minor chest trauma. Chest X-ray showed opacity in the upper zone of the left lung. Further investigations with magnetic resonance imaging showed it to be a posterior mediastinal mass with a fistula to the lung, along with cystic changes in the left upper lobe of lung. Left upper lobectomy with excision of the mass was performed. Histological examination later showed an oesophageal duplication cyst with a fistula to the left upper lobe of the lung. We present this unusual complication of an oesophageal cyst infiltrating the lung in an asymptomatic child.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.4keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/74. Complex bronchopulmonary foregut malformation: extralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with a duplication cyst of mixed bronchogenic and oesophageal type.We report a 13-year-old girl with an unusual, complex bronchopulmonary foregut malformation. The malformation included extralobar pulmonary sequestration and a duplication cyst of mixed bronchogenic and oesophageal type. Preoperative CT and MRI demonstrated the cystic and solid portions of the mass and indicated an aberrant vascular supply, suggesting the possibility of bronchopulmonary foregut malformation and several other differential diagnoses. A direct communication between the cyst and the bronchus of the sequestrated lung was found on pathological examination. This unusual combination of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration and a foregut cyst points to a common embryological pathogenesis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.6keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/74. Mixed foregut cyst associated with esophageal atresia.The authors report an unusual case of a thoracoabdominal foregut malformation with components of bronchogenic, esophageal duplication, and pancreatic enterogenous cysts, that presented in a child with esophageal atresia. J Pediatr Surg 36:939-940.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/74. Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung with an esophageal cyst: report of a case.The authors report the case of a 7-month-old girl found to have both congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CCAM) and esophageal cyst. She suffered repeated episodes of pneumonia and exhibited signs of respiratory distress on admission to our hospital. Chest radiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed 2 different kinds of cystic lesions. Resection of the lower lobe of the right lung and excision of the posterior mediastinal cyst were performed. Histologic examination showed Stocker type I CCAM and esophageal cyst. Coexistence of both CCAM and esophageal cyst is extremely rare. The authors speculate that the pathologies of this case originated from a regional disturbance of common embryologic origin during 2 different phases of lung-bud foregut malformations.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2.8keywords = cyst (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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