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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:1201-1202
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief communication

Giant parenchymal bronchogenic cyst mimicking hydropneumothorax

Ahmet Basoglu, MDa,*, Burcin Celik, MDa, Aysen Taslak Sengul, MDa

a Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical School, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsun, Turkey

Received for publication January 21, 2003; accepted for publication April 1, 2003.

* Address for reprints: Ahmet Basoglu, Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical School, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsun, Turkey
ahmetb@omu.edu.tr

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Bronchogenic cysts are believed to result from abnormal budding of the tracheal diverticulum between the third and sixth weeks of gestation and consequently may be mediastinal or intrapulmonary in location.1,2

In the adult, bronchogenic cysts are frequently asymptomatic and present as an incidental finding in the chest roentgenogram.1-3 We present a patient with a giant parenchymal bronchogenic cyst that appeared as hydropneumothorax on chest radiograph and CT. The unusual cause and the interesting clinical course of asymptomatic bronchogenic cyst are described.

Clinical summary

A 66-year-old asymptomatic man was found to have a hydropneumothorax on routine chest radiograph for operation of retina decolman (Figure 1). A left tube thoracostomy was performed. Despite tube thoracostomy suction, there was not an . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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